Greg S. Johnson

About Greg S. Johnson

Greg S. Johnson grew up in Chicago and now lives in Las Vegas. He taught English for several years in South Korea and Thailand, and has traveled extensively through Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. His childhood in Chicago and his time in Asia inform much of his writing.

His short fiction has appeared in Palooka and Amsterdam Quarterly, and he is an occasional contributor to CNN Travel and Matador Network.

He is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has recently completed his first novel, which is set in Laos in the early 1960s.

Fiction

A collection of my most recently published work:

"Kasia" published in Palooka

Kasia is the story of Natalia, a resilient, Krakow-born concert pianist looking to replace something she lost long ago.

A review of Kasia in New Pages

"Patisserie de Pakistan" published in Alimentum Journal

Patisserie de Pakistan is a satirical look at culinary intolerance in the Middle East.

"Hyperinflation" published in The Write Launch

Hyperinflation is an excerpted chapter from a recently completed novel.

Dara Roux, an Economics student in Paris reeling from the death of her parents, becomes a revolutionary during the CIA's Secret War in Laos.

"Caprice" published in Amsterdam Quarterly

Caprice tells the story of two world-famous scientists navigating the fickle winds of their friendship during a sail in Switzerland.

"Cottonmouth Stomp" was short-listed in the recently concluded 58th Short Fiction Contest in Jerry Jazz Musician

Cottonmouth Stomp introduces Little Jack, a blind teenager on Chicago's South Side making music on the hustle while dodging a lazy, overbearing father.