JK Savoy
Books
All booksSomewhere in Brooklyn
Set in 1970s Brooklyn, Somewhere in Brooklyn follows a man who walks away from corporate comfort and lands in the borough’s street-level world of communes, odd jobs, survival bargains, and reinvention. It is a Brooklyn literary story about falling hard, finding nerve, and building a life back from the curb.
Night Bird
Set in 1968, Night Bird is a coming-of-age political novel about war, conscience, and one young man’s last night before the draft closes in. Joey works the graveyard shift in a small New Jersey diner while Vietnam waits in the background like a sentence already passed.
And Then There's Lily
And Then There's Lily is a dystopian mystery about memory, belief, identity, and a discovery that threatens the foundations of a divided New America. Simon Blake has survived for years in Central Park with no memory of his childhood before age twelve; his twin sister Bethani carries another version of the past, and Lily becomes the impossible proof neither side can explain.
In The Wind
In The Wind is an absurdist political thriller about power, persuasion, and a man who may be talked into ending the world. Michael Tanner has money, influence, appetite, and a path toward New Jersey power — until ambition bends toward fanatics with a vision of a human-free Earth.
Short Stack
Short Stack gathers JK Savoy's sharp, restless short fiction: Castle Diner stories, Brooklyn memories, absurd turns, moral collisions, and characters caught between confession and invention. The collection moves from memoir-inspired fiction into satire, mystery, spiritual unease, and end-of-the-world comedy.
“This book is brilliant. I loved reading about Kenny’s journey!”
“Great, fun read. I admire the writing style and the story itself.”
Short Stories
Eighteen short stories — every bit as uncensored and surprising as the novels, and free to read. Find one that grabs you, then pass it on.
Hall of Poetic Justice
26 minBroke and crashing on a friend's floor, Kenny digs a thrift-store suit out of the wreckage to bluff his way back into 1974 corporate America.
Somewhere in BrooklynLights Out
23 minAfter months sleeping in a commune hallway, Park Slope's scrappiest mover finally lands a place of his own — a converted pantry he calls paradise.
Somewhere in BrooklynRemembering Margaret
17 minKenny's moving crew babysits a forgetful, fire-prone grande dame through the gutting of Brooklyn's grand Hotel Margaret.
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