Stories from The Deep Within

Thank you for stopping by. I’m Casey DW Jones, author of literary fiction, short stories and creative nonfiction. My work examines how poverty, grief and trauma shape lives in modern middle America, and how resilience, hope and humor still find a way to grow in the ever-widening cracks.

My debut novel, A Broken Plain, is currently being submitted for representation.

I grew up in southwest Kansas and studied English Literature at The University of Kansas before earning my M.F.A. from Hamline University. I worked as a fiction editor at Water~Stone Review, my writing has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and for Best Small Fictions, and I was awarded a Loft Mentor Series Fellowship in 2022. A copywriter by trade, I live in Minneapolis, MN.

For inquiries or manuscript requests, please reach out to me via email or social media:

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A photo of a pasture, with yellow sunset, linking to Memory Breach, flash literary fiction by Casey DW Jones.

Memory Breach

Flash fiction appearing in Barely South Review.
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Night Beaver

Flash fiction appearing in On the Run.
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Steer the Course

Flash fiction appearing in Sundog Lit.

*Nominated for Best Small Fictions*

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Swing Me Till Summer

Short fiction appearing in Roanoke Review.
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Empty swings on an empty playground

Frog Pond

Speculative fiction appearing in Touchstone Literary Magazine.
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High Mileage

Short fiction appearing in Peatsmoke Journal. 

*Nominated for the Pushcart Prize*

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Shit Pond

Short fiction appearing in New Limestone Review.
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The Hanging Tree

Short fiction originally appearing in Stoneboat Literary Journal.
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I am currently seeking representation for my debut novel, A Broken Plain.

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