Jamey Gallagher

“Jamey Gallagher is a major talent, with a deeply empathetic eye and a natural-born writer’s ear.”

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Animals inhabit the edges of the stories in American Animism. Some of the stories veer between realism and magical realism, but there is something at the center of each of these stories that makes them unique. A girl working in a cryptid museum, a boy in the attic of a gift shop on Mystery Hill, a vacation house in Nova Scotia where strange things happen: these are stories of transformation and becoming.

Bodies in Bags is a grit lit/crime collection so visceral you can smell it. A bad cop in New Hampshire dealing with the consequences of shooting an intruder, a drifter who wakes up next to her dead companion in Atlantic City, a veteran fleeing to South Jersey after an impulsive crime: these are stories of desperation and recompense, told in tough but tender voices. The stories deal with issues of masculinity, consequences, violence, and uncontrollable impulses.

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American Animism

March 2025

Cornerstone Press

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Bodies in Bags

March 2026

Cornerstone Press

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Jamey Gallagher has been writing since he was about sixteen years old, which at this point is a long time. He has loved reading for his entire life. His stuff is dark, strange, and (sometimes) funny (?). He has published two collections of short stories (American Animism and Bodies in Bags, both available from Cornerstone Press) and hopes to publish more. He grew up in New Hampshire and now lives in Baltimore City. He is a dedicated community college writing teacher who appreciates his students in that space; he’s published some stuff on teaching. His stories have been published in over 80 venues, including Punk Noir Magazine, Shotgun Honey, Pembroke Magazine, Bull Fiction, and LIT Magazine. He loves fiction (any), beer, music, and hiking.