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Everyone needs a  
little PRICK
in their life...
J. ARCHER AVARY is a former TV weatherman and champion lionfish hunter. He was born in the USA, became a household name in the Cayman Islands, and now lives in the Northeast of England where he's a ferryboat captain. 

He's a Pushcart Prize nominated writer whose short fiction and poetry have appeared in more than 100 literary magazines. 

His new collection 🌵
PRICK🌵 offers polaroid snapshots of misdirected teenage angst, reluctance to conform with social norms, and the soul-sapping malaise of adulthood. These seventeen stories are hilarious and cringeworthy in equal measure. 
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Prick (short story collection)
Leftover Books  
September 2025

Total Rhubarb (poetry)
Back Room Poetry  
January 2023

Reverse Into Space (poetry)
Alien Buddha Press 
May 2022

Cleavage (poetry)

Payoff Press 

Spring 2025 

The Dog Sitter (novelette)

Daily Drunk Press

June 2021

Meat Draw (poetry)

Sledgehammer Chaps

Out of Print

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