SUPER NORMAL arrives November 7! Preorder at Bookshop.org or your favorite indie bookstore!

"Whether they are linked by blood or circumstance, each of the absorbing, effortlessly charming characters in Super Normal share the same exuberant, inexhaustible desire for connection. Denslow's prose is empathetic and endlessly witty-this novel deftly explores grief, longing, and the actual magic of one unforgettable family." -Kimberly King Parsons, author of Black Light

"Josh Denslow has done something remarkable here. Super Normal is a beautiful novel about what it takes to love and accept ourselves and each other, written with real care and big-heartedness and attention to what makes us human." - Matthew Salesses, author of The Sense of Wonder

"Josh Denslow does something brilliant in Super Normal, using the magic of superheroes not to render the world in some new and fantastical way, but to allow us to see how mysterious and beautiful and sometimes heartbreaking the bonds of family are, what we inherit, who we hold onto, how we keep running away from and back to the people who made us. With such a sharp wit and a sense of when to allow that humor to transform to address the heaviness of the story, Denslow has constructed a wonderful novel that you can't put down." -Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here

"Denslow has not only masterfully layered multiple narratives to gradually converge into this epic super-moment, he's also captured the snappy dialogue and sharp humor that make comics and graphic novels so delightful to read. Denslow has accomplished a dynamic, heart-warming book about grief and family that will rekindle your faith in humanity. This is a super-memorable, super-entertaining, super-novel that is, despite its title, anything but super-normal." -Kalani Pickhart, author of I Will Die in a Foreign Land

"Josh Denslow has written a novel that is one third superhero story, one third contemporary bildungsroman, and one third prickly rose bush. The characters alternate between scratching and drawing blood and budding and blossoming in each other's presence in a way that will be hard for readers to put down." -Megan Giddings, author of The Women Could Fly

 

And don’t forget about my collection NOT EVERYONE IS SPECIAL!

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“Josh Denslow’s stories are intricate, fun, and beautiful, though always about heartbreak and loss. They’re like perfect little castles made of jewels and lego bricks that rise out of a howling abyss.”
—Ben Loory
author of Tales of Falling and Flying

“Josh Denslow’s Not Everyone is Special is truly irresistible. Subversive, hilar- ious, and profoundly moving, these stories should come with a warning labelto clear your schedule before you begin because you’ll find yourself bingereading the entire book. A sensational debut.”
—Kirstin Chen
author of Bury What We Cannot Take

“Denslow makes his cast of outsiders, six-time losers, and lovelorn loners both heartbreaking and unforgettable. This debut collection sparkles with heart, bitter satire, and irresistible aplomb.”
—–J. Ryan Stradal
author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest

“Denslow does something here that’s refreshing and unique in the literary landscape: he skips the cynicism and heads right for the emotional honesty, producing some of the best dialogue (internal and external) that I’ve read in ages. This book is a genuinely warm and funny book about what it means to be a human in the modern world.”
—–Amber Sparks
author of The Unfinished World

Read my interview in The Millions.

Read the Kirkus Review.

Read the title story in The Offing.

Stories in print

Stories online

Bingo - Okay Donkey

One-Time Offer - BULL Men’s Fiction

Where the Magic Is - Catapult

Therapy - Pithead Chapel

Ash - Bending Genres

Blurry - apt online

Dorian Vandercleef - Split Lip Magazine

Luck - wigleaf

Everyone Continued to Sing - SmokeLong Quarterly

Sonny Boy (reprint) - Jersey Devil Press

Too Late for a Lot of Things (reprint) - Sequestrum

Blake Bishop Believes in True Love - The Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review

Hope She Doesn't Notice - Storyglossia

My Particular Tumor - wigleaf

A Real Boy - Journal of Compressed Creative Arts

Crossing Guard - Good Men Project

Consumption - A-Minor

Taking Chances - Literary Orphans

Bio - Used Furniture Review

Superpower - apt

Book Reviews, Interviews, etc.

From the Writing Desk of...Josh Denslow - Split Lip Magazine

Say Goodnight, George (review of The Last Repatriate by Matthew Salesses) - The Lit Pub

In Other Words #9 - interviewed by apt online for a series on the art of editing

Contributor Spotlight - Sequestrum

Interview - True Sincerity #1

David Wallace Disappears 100 Pages In (review of The Pale King) - The Lit Pub

Guest Mix - Guest blogger on Side One Track One