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.
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" (French translation) short story/excerpt from the novel "Drugs." American Authors Anthology,
Collectif, Le livre des fêlures , 13th Note Editions, 2010.
"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
"The Saddest Thing I Ever Saw" Mineshaft Magazine Issue #19, February 2007, (Click for audio version).
"Pat and Corky" Mineshaft Magazine, February 2008.
"Finding the Cure for Cancer" short story, The Loose Canon, Issue #1, 2009.
"Halloween" short story, Savage Kick #5, 2010
"The Good Stuff" short story/excerpt from "Drugs"

"Drugs" the novel, accepted for publication by Seven Stories Press, 2012 release.
J.R. Helton lives in Texas.