James Ross Kelly

James Ross Kelly lives in Northern California next to the Sacramento River. He has been a journalist for Gannet, a travel book editor, environmental document writer, and had a score of labor jobs—the in-between, jobs you get from being an English major. Born in Kansas, Mr. Kelly was a long-time resident of Southern Oregon where he grew up. Silver Birch Press (Los Angeles, California), Cargo Literary, (Prince Edward Island, Canada), Fiction Attic, Rock and Sling (Spokane, Washington), Edify (Helena, Alabama), Flash Fiction (San Francisco), Rue Scribe (New Mexico), True Chili (New Mexico), The RawArt Review (Endicott City, Maryland) and The Purpled Nail (New Mexico), have all featured one or more of his stories or poems. UnCollected Press, publisher of And the Fires We Talked About is scheduled to publish a book of Mr. Kelly's Poetry, Black Ice & Fire late 2020 or early 2021. Above Neil Rock a memoir of the last half of the 20th Century in Mr. Kelly's newest book.