As well as writing songs, scripts, and articles, JE also creates speculative poetry and fiction. Here are details on two available titles:
Nature, Human — Short Stories
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Step into a world of haunting fiction with this expanded Second Edition of Nature, Human, by award-winning author JE Solo. Now featuring four new stories, this collection explores near and far-flung futures, unravelling the fragile and often dysfunctional ties between human beings and the natural world.
Delivered in JE Solo’s direct and energetic style, these stories blur the lines between the everyday and the extraordinary. From delicate bonds with nature to unexpected twists of fate, Nature, Human contemplates our place in a shifting, uncertain future. Themes of separation, survival, and resilience echo throughout, asking how our individual choices shape the world around us.
Character-driven and imaginative, Nature, Human offers fourteen original stories that will stay with you long after the final page.
Revenge – two women are forced to share the same man; The Heart of a Bear – a survivor of the apocalypse provides for her children; Heart Murmur – star-crossed lovers share a supernatural connection; Nature – a homemaker becomes unnerved while caring for the family pets; Hysteria – a woman scours the city in search of estrogen patches; Somnambulist – Dad has been going out for walks at night; Nana – a family takes Nana for a Sunday drive; Old Joe – two inhabitants of Tent City face an uncertain future; Damage – Two women navigate a cruel system to access medical care; Blue Lake – a world leader with psychic powers averts a disaster; Last Words – an injured worker has only one hundred words left to speak; Vision – an old person takes a stand to protect the last living things on earth; Second Sight – a mother prepares a magical gift for her daughter; Yolo – a grandmother decides to travel to the edge of the world
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TITLE: Nature, Human
AUTHOR: JE Solo
PUBLISHER: House of Zolo
EDITOR: Erika Steeves
GENRE: Fiction
FORMAT: Paperback and E-book
DIMENSIONS: 5.5 X 8.5 inches
PAGES: 168
ISBN: 978-1-989587-26-3 (Paperback)
ISBN: 978-1-989587-27-0 (EPUB)
RELEASE DATE: 01/01/2026
PHREAK
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In an alternate, near-future world where corrupt government and corporate interests rule the smallest details of Island life, an unusually sensitive child is born. Navigating a landscape of ecological devastation and botched genetic modification experiments, the child’s survival depends upon their heightened senses and the skills they learn at the knee of their life-hacking father. Will it be enough? As they cross the threshold of adulthood the collapse of Island society draws close and they must act in order to protect what they love.
A richly detailed and compelling first novel, Solo deftly layers satire and social commentary to create a powerful story of resilience and survival.
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Phreak is JE’s first novel and was short-listed for the Writer’s Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador’s 2017 Fresh Fish Award, and is the winner of the Write Project’s Book of the Year.
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PRAISE FOR PHREAK
“From mind experiments and radio-signal hacking to illegal fish-weed trading and radical plant-based activism, Phreak is a poignant and captivating snapshot of our not-so-distant future. Beautiful in its devastation, a whimsical story of injustice, hope, and the fight for connection in a disconnected world. An important and timely novel. JE Solo is a visionary.”
Tracey Waddleton, Author of Send More Tourists, the Last Ones Were Delicious
“This book hacked my mind and modified the way I see my city. A sweeping, crusty feat of biting, Nostradamic wisdom. An imaginative force. A dirty mirror held up with tough love. A warning.”
Terry Doyle, Author of Dig
“Phreak is an urgent, evocative novel. It’s a treatise on the dangers of our capitalist, resource-driven economy and a warning of what our future could be if we don’t take action. Phreak is a call to resistance and a reminder that individuals can fight against corrupt systems. The world in this book is imagined but shockingly familiar. St. John’s and Newfoundland are like a second protagonist, with a voice and character that shines through the pages. JE Solo has sent us a warning in this novel, but has done it with humour and heart. This book is a quick witted, word-playing journey that gives us what we all need right now: hope.”
Susie Taylor, Author of Even Weirder Than Before (2019 Breakwater Books)
“With an imagination akin to Katherine Dunn’s Geek Love, an origami-like command of folding and unfolding reality, and the social and ecological warnings of Kotzwinkle and Atwood, JE delivers their most personal work to date. Their lifelong themes of the selfish and short-sighted perils of Earth’s primary predator lead us through a society that has all but surrendered to its controllers. But it also introduces a protagonist whose families – by blood or by fire – not only dare to retain their humanity but in most cases go down fighting to take it back. As we currently grapple with nature’s responses to our destructive systems and ideologies, this novel is timely and possibly sadly prescient.”
Jodee Richardson, Playwright and Musician.
“Phreak is a masterfully written post-dystopian tale — a “what if”, multi-lessoned story that, once injected under the reader’s skin, stays in one’s system long after the book has ended. A brilliantly crafted first novel by Fresh Fish finalist JE Solo.”
E.B. Reid, Poet
AUTHOR: JE Solo
GENRE: Fiction
FORMAT: Paperback, Kindle, PDF, EPUB
DIMENSIONS: 5.06 X 7.81 inches
PAGES: 178
RELEASE DATE: 01/05/2020
AUDIOBOOK RELEASE: 2022
ISBN: Print Book: 978-1-989587-00-3