J. D. Landis

Biography

J. D. Landis is the author of several novels and a book of poetry. His short fiction has appeared in the Bennington Review and elsewhere. A former publisher and editor-in-chief at William Morrow & Co., Landis is the recipient of the PEN/Roger Klein Award.

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#VQRTRUESTORY / Fiction 2024

The Rock in the Gut

By J. D. Landis

I was walking down a long, utterly deserted sandy bay beach called the Gut. It was just over some dunes from a well-traveled walking trail on Great Island, which is part of the Cape Cod National Seashore, at the very end of Chequessett Neck...

Photo of car crash. By Denise Landis.