J.R. Helton

Publications

Drugs, a novel has just been released in paperback and on Kindle by Seven Stories Press in Manhattan. Cover painting by Robert Crumb.

Read and listen to what people are saying about Drugs:

Drugs reviewed by author Tony O’Neil at The Fix.com in “The Book on Drugs”

Reviewed in the San Antonio Current "Drugs' Doesn't Demand Destruction or Dedemption"

Listen to Dean Becker interview with author J.R. Helton on Cultural Baggage on The Drug Truth Network, KPFT Houston, Pacifica Radio

Listen to the great interview with Mike Feder and author J.R. Helton on The Turning Point - Progressive Radio Network, New York

Other Books by JR Helton

Below The Line, a memoir on the film business, Last Gasp Books, 2000. Cover by R. Crumb and an Introduction by director Terry Zwigoff.

Man and Beast, a memoir on animal rescue, 2001. Read a review of Man and Beast in Texas Books In Review.

 

Short Stories

"John Lennon is Dead and It Really Bothers Me" July 2006, The Sun.

"The Apology" a short story, May 2007, The Sun.

"About Three Years Ago,"a short story, The Missouri Review, 1983. Pushcart Prize

"Pat and Corky" Mineshaft Magazine, February 2008.

"Halloween" short story/excerpt from the novel, Finding the Cure for Cancer published in the British magazine, Savage Kick #5.

Finding the Cure for Cancer published in the Canadian literary magazine, The Loose Canon Issue #1(excerpt from the novel).

Foreign Publications

Au Texas, tu serais déjà mort Selected works of J.R. Helton, 13th Note Editions, 2011 (French translation by Nicolas Richard).

"Voyage au bout de la Blanche" (French translation of the novel "Drugs," 13th Note Editions, 2012 release).

"Pat et Corky" excerpt from the novel Drugs.
Collectif, Le livre des fêlures , 13th Note Editions, 2010.