
​Jude
Joseph
Lovell
WRITER - FATHER - HUSBAND - BIBLIOPHILE
A second son must find glory where he can.
-GEORGE R.R. MARTIN, A CLASH OF KINGS
NEW STORY COLLECTION
AVAILABLE 2/4/2025

In his fifth collection of original short stories, Jude Joseph Lovell continues to broaden his fictional horizons with complex, unique characters struggling to navigate our increasingly perplexing existence.
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Herein we meet an assembly of salt-of-the-earth individuals who find themselves in unusual and sometimes mystifying situations. In “The Wooly-Wooly,” a six-year-old boy recently bereft of his father is visited regularly by a terrifying creature that climbs out of his bedroom wall - until he realizes that only through action can he transform his reality. In “Ocean at Dawn,” a widowed mother, left to rear two small girls, comes to believe her husband’s departed spirit has entered the body of a large rooster in their own backyard. “Parsimony” introduces us to a spirited young woman who commits her life to the dolphins that once tried to heal her doomed brother but cannot commit to the man who loves her in the here and now. Finally, all caution is tossed to the wind in an audacious, modern reinterpretation of a famous Herman Melville story in “Barrett, the Line Editor.”
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Lovell’s evolving vision and style in these seven new tales reflect his perception of an increasingly dim and spiritually unmoored world. Yet readers will see their way through the lengthening shadows by the light of his characters’ heart, resiliency, and faithfulness.
OTHER TITLES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
In THE TIE GOES TO THE RUNNER, Jude Joseph Lovell recounts his struggles with depression during the global pandemic and his re-engagement with baseball, a game that brought him endless joy as a child. In his inimitable voice, he also illuminates how our national pastime helped him to reconnect with the game we call life.
ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS is Jude Joseph Lovell's fourth collection of short fiction, and his most diverse yet. Readers will find themselves in a variety of unpredictable settings, looking at the world through the eyes of numerous arresting characters.
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The 10th Anniversary Edition of BLUE SIX includes a new forward by LTC (Ret) Todd T. Morgan, a new post-script from the author, and a brand-new cover design by my own nephew - a worthy new edition of the first novel I ever finished, based on my own military experience.
In his third collection of essays and reviews, novelist, short story writer, and critic Jude Joseph Lovell continues his exploration into myriad corners of modern life and culture. Includes numerous essays from his time as a staff writer for Silver Sage magazine.
DOOR IN THE AIR collects Lovell's unique and diverse short stories written between 1999-2020, sixteen in all, capturing his ongoing development and experimentation in the short form.

Jude Joseph Lovell's second collection of nonfiction essays covers family, books, and popular culture, and features writing he has done since 2017 for a small magazine based out of Pennsylvania.
​For readers craving a wild ride that's one-third thriller, one-third dark comedy, and one-third existential ramble - with a fuel injection of Metallica's Master of Puppets - DeliverMe is your destination!!!
​ONLY THE DYING is a planned two-novel historical fiction saga based on the author's paternal grandparents. BOOK 1-THE WIDOW'S PRAYER depicts young Walter & Greta Brogan trying to establish a new life in rural Indiana before the Depression.
In A FEW WORDS BEFORE YOU GO, ​Jude Joseph Lovell turns his gaze towards three subjects of great importance in his life: books, music, and family. This cohesive and thoughtful essay collection is Lovell's most personal book to date.
​CROWNING is Jude Joseph Lovell's second story collection, filled with six rich & diverse tales that are by turns surprising and compelling.

RANDOM SAMPLES, a labor of love, is a compelling nonfiction book that stands as both a tribute to a great rock n' roll band and a thoughtful examination of how art adds clarity and meaning to our complicated lives.

In his first novel for younger readers, Jude Joseph Lovell has written an exciting epic about finding the courage to face down your fears, sustain your losses, and rise.
FOREVER VOYAGING is a unique narrative about one man's determination to understand and learn from one of America's literary masters - a startling brew of armchair criticism, literary memoir, and creative manifesto.

Jude Joseph Lovell's debut short story collection contains ten bold stories that examine the fragility of our current existence - and our faith in the one beyond.
​BLUE SIX is Jude Joseph Lovell's self-published fiction debut, a unique hybrid of a novel that combines aspects of military fiction, science fiction, and literary fiction.