Musings on Life, Writing, and the Free Territory of Ascham

About

Joe Parrino is a Maryland-based speculative fiction writer whose work blends myth, history, trauma, dark humor, and moral wonder. He has written two novellas, three audio dramas, and numerous short stories for Black Library, with published work in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. His original fiction explores memory, monsters, old gods, found family, and the stubborn human work of sur

I live in Maryland now, but pieces of me are scattered across Iceland, Japan, Scotland, and the Pacific Northwest. I hold a master’s in International Relations from the University of Edinburgh and have once or twice been accused of being a Sasquatch.

I like cold rivers, the scent of old books, and the idea that stories can be spells—acts of memory, resistance, and becoming. I’m also a proud member of the tribe of writers who never quite fit in anywhere else.

Welcome to my quiet corner of the internet. Feel free to poke around. Read. Remember.

Sincerely,


Joe

3 Comments

  1. Major Fuller

    Different as can be !!!!!!!!!!! see you again !!!!!!!!

  2. Sole Treadmills

    Great! thanks for the share!
    Arron

  3. Jeremy

    Haha very entertaining. Thank you Mr. Parrino!

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