Justin Courter


Justin Courter

Justin Courter’s books include the novels Cadenza, The Heart of It All, and Skunk: A Love Story. He has also published a collection of prose poems, The Death of the Poem: And Other Paragraphs. He lives in New York City.

Never Get a Goddamned BirdMarch 2028

Never Get a Goddamned Bird

A Short Story Collection

In his world, husbands turn into animals, men shrink down to nothing, and people can be bought and traded like crops, and everyone involved treats the impossible as a practical problem to manage. The stories are funny, deadpan, and a little cruel, and the best of them end so sad you’ll need to put the book down before you start the next one.

Available March 2028

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