Writer, Spoken Word Poet
J.B. Stone (he/they) is a Neurodivergent/Autistic spoken word poet, writer, critic from Brooklyn, NY now residing in Buffalo, NY. They serve as EIC/Reviews Editor at Variety Pack and reads flash fiction for Split Lip Magazine and short fiction for Uncharted Magazine. He’s the author of three chapbooks including Fireflies And Hand Grenades (Bottlecap Press 2022). J.B. was recently shortlisted for CRAFT’s Inaugural Character Sketch Challenge, and his prose has been nominated for the Best of the Net, and Best Small Fictions Award Anthologies. Their work has appeared in over 65 publications including Flash Fiction Magazine, Flashback Fiction, Star*Line, Flashflood Journal, BULL, X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine, Atticus Review, Chicago Review of Books, The Citron Review, among other spaces. He is currently working on a couple of theater projects with American Repertory Theater of Western NY. Along with their textual work, he has competed, won, and/or placed in Poetry Slams across the U.S. & Canada, from Toronto, Ontario to Knoxville, Tennessee, and will be representing Pure Ink Poetry’s slam team at the Southern Fried Poetry Slam Festival, in Pompano Beach, FL, next year.