Stephanie Johnson can accomplish in five hundred words what some writers can only do in five thousand: a complete arc of narrative with compelling characters struggling through the web of human frailties, entangled in passion and dependancy, love and betrayal, insight and ignorance. She does it by plucking strings of meaning that resonate far beyond the economy of the printed page. And when we finish a story, we realize we had slipped into a compelling world, both strange and familiar, and we miss it. So we read another.
—Jeff McMahon, Editor of Contrary

Stephanie Johnson’s fiction—like Raymond Carver’s—celebrates the idea that less, on the page, can be more: her stories are at once lean and rich, poignant and wry, insightful and evocative. An impressive debut.
—Jessica Treadway, author of And Give You Peace and Absent Without Leave

There is, in Stephanie Johnson’s stories, a profound, unflashy magic of seeing. She puts you right up to the beating hearts of her people—from which vantage, you see how they miss one another, and you understand as odd, perfect miracles their moments of connection and knowledge.
—Scott Garson, author of American Gymnopédies

 

~Stories Online~

Some of the stories from One of These Things Is Not Like the Others were originally published by journals, both online and print. Below is a list of links to the stories published online:

"One of These Things Is Not Like the Others" (Wigleaf)
"My Great-Aunt Meets Jesus at the Mobil Station in Montana (SmokeLong)
"A Case Study in Accidents" (Contrary)
"Dirty Laundromat" (Dogzplot)
"The Dog and the Bone" (Menda City Review)
"The Real Mrs. Robinson" (Juked)
"Baby, Baby" (Pindeldyboz)
"You Are Not Clark Kent" (elimae)

 

~Stephanie Johnson Audio~

"My Cousin Billy Is Dismantled"

"Magadalene"

"Tennessee Travel Inn, Circa 1979"