Baby Driver by Jan Kerouac

My review of Jan Kerouac's memoir, Baby Driver, now up at Splice Today . Recently re-issued on New York Review Books.

"I might have been more responsible, less happy."

 

 

The Fort Bragg Cartel—book review

My review of Seth Harp's The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces, now up at SPLICE TODAY!

https://www.splicetoday.com/politics-and-media/thank-you-for-your-permission

 

María José at Cowboy Jamboree

My story "María José" now out in COWBOY JAMBOREE's new themed anthology, I Feel Just Like A Dogwood Tree, writing inspired by Terry Allen's alt-country album Juarez.

[Note: loyal readers may recognize that this story has appeared previously, and is even on this my very blog]

 

sagittarius

A little fun #poem of mine up at HST today, "sagittarius." [note: the HST header is NSFW]

https://horrorsleazetrash.com/2025/11/25/john-yohe-17/

 

 

Gringo Go Home—essay

For your reading pleasure on this Friday night, my essay "Gringo Go Home," about my trip to la matria, the motherland, of Puerto Rico, up now at Apocalypse Confidential! 

https://apocalypse-confidential.com/2025/11/07/gringo-go-home/

I originally included a Works Cited, which I think rightly the editors thought took away from the ending, but, if interested, here it is:

Works Cited

Cardona, Cezanne. Levittown mon amour. Ediciones Callejón. 2018.

Franco, Jorge. Rosario Tijeras. Alfaguara. 1999.

“Jazz Bass icon Rufus Reid dropping knowledge.” SFConservMusic. YouTube.com/shorts. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DJHMLsYv2Wg

“N. Paganini Moses Fantasy.” Jing Yun Wang. YouTube.com. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tsaS_rO_fA

Pastori, Niña. Entre Dos Puertos. Sony Music Entertainment España. 1995.

“Pink Panther Theme by Henry Mancini.” Bozo Paradzik & Students. YouTube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRIIO408ats

Quinones, Arcadio Díaz. ‘El arte de bregar.’ El arte de bregar. Editorial. España. 2000.

Toro, Ana Teresa. Palabras para un flamboyán. Libros 787. 2024.

Vasquez, Juan Gabriel. La traducción del mundo: Las conferencias Widenfeld 2022. Alfaguara. 2024.

 

my website

My website lists all my publications in all genres, with links (some of which bring you back here).

johnyohe.com or if that doe\sn't work, johnyohe.weebly.com 

 

Clear Creek Fire in SDR!

My short story"Clear Creek Fire" now out in the latest South Dakota Review! Vol. 59, no. 3, though it's a double issue with no. 4. I can't seem to find ordering info yet, but here's one of my author copies.