Jefferson’s essay, “The Freedom of Inscrutability,” about the 19th century Swiss writer Robert Walser, his pencil method, and the post office appeared in Pencil Magazine Issue 3.
Bruiser
Jefferson’s prose poem “Powder” was published in Bruiser.
…he thought about his thoughts, or what he could think about them, the development of his brain, his poor brain and now he was looking at it from above like a beloved dog asleep by the woodstove, obedient and completely reliant.
A Brutal Mischief chapbook
Jefferson’s chapbook A Brutal Mischief, is now available from Bottlecap Press.
What is it about rats that so disturbs us? Down which tunnel and into what hovel in our brains do they burrow? Rats are very good at hiding and one in twenty rats can detect landmines, know enough not to set them off.
At the start of March 2020, when the pandemic roared and I got indefinitely furloughed, we discovered a rat infestation around our chicken coop. It’s been six years since the pandemic when I wrote this chapbook. I wrote it and put it away. It’s like a time capsule from a quiet time of terror, which, despite the surrounding drama, ended up as largely a very fond memory, because I spent so much time at home in our cottage in the woods, tending the animals, working and working against the rats, building our defenses, and hanging out with my love.
Every Day Fiction
Jefferson’s story, “Suitably Weighty,” appeared in Every Day Fiction.
Review of On the Way to the Paintings of Forest Robberies
Jefferson reviewed On the Way to the Paintings of Forest Robberies by Jennifer Nelson in the Winter 2026 issue of The Cafe Review.
Interview with Abbie Kiefer in Gulf Coast
Jefferson interviewed poet Abbie Kiefer in Gulf Coast about her debut collection of Certain Shelter.
Hole in the Head Review Spring 2026
The Spring 2026 issue of Hole in the Head Review is now available, and includes Jefferson’s prose poetry editorial note on the five prose poems included in the issue.
Small, Illogical Bursts of Pleasure: A Review of Stephen Tuttle’s We Should Be Somewhere By Now
Jefferson reviewed Stephen Tuttle’s We Should Be Somewhere By Now (Cornerstone Books 2025) in elsewhere magazine.
Pacifica Literary Review
Jefferson’s prose poem series, “History & The Past,” appeared in Pacifica Literary Review.
100 Word Story
Jefferson’s one hundred word story, “Kind of Story,” appeared in 100 Word Story.
