Archive - Ian Sears

City of the Real Chapter 1

A samurai lies washed up on the beach.

Sep 3 •

August 2024

Some Poems I Wrote in the Aftermath of Los Angeles

Aug 29 •

March 2024

Untitled Chapter 5

Mar 1 •

September 2023

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That’s right, folks, Jackpot. is now a real, physical book! Go hit the jackpot and order a copy or ten on amazon

Sep 11, 2023 •

Jackpot. Chapter 21 (FINAL CHAPTER)

Forty years later, Sino-American tensions are at an all-time high.

Sep 4, 2023 •

Jackpot. Chapter 20

Laundry, Flowers, Pho.

Sep 4, 2023 •

Jackpot. Chapter 19

Months go by and José and Roger settle into their new life as lovers in Los Angeles.

Sep 4, 2023 •

August 2023

Jackpot. Chapter 18

They pull up to José’s apartment at two in the morning.

Aug 30, 2023 •

Jackpot. Chapter 17

Today is Yeaster.

Aug 24, 2023 •

Jackpot. Chapter 16

José takes to the pulpit like a fish to water.

Aug 17, 2023 •

Jackpot. Chapter 15

After a long day’s journey, José and Eliza reach Succotash Bend and tie their boat to a broken down, splintery old dock.

Aug 10, 2023 •

Jackpot. Chapter 14

Aug 3, 2023 •

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