Jeff King
Humour + Fiction
McSweeney’s |
Robot Butt | Jane Austen’s
Wastepaper Basket | MuddyUm | Slackjaw
Johnny America | Defenestration | Mirk
Little Old Lady Comedy | JAKE
Bewildering Stories
Essays
Jokien with Tolkien | The Given World
At Home Histories
Select Publications
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
“Preorder Books Sales Are Key” (Jul 2024)
“Suggestions for Rebooting the Marvel Cinematic Universe from Farmer, Essayist, and Poet Wendell Berry” (Feb 2024)
“After a Decade of Working on My Thesis, I Think I Have Finally Nailed My Acknowledgments Page” (Jan 2024)
Robot Butt
“Warner Bros. Announces Wonka 2: Chocolate Messiah” (Aug 2024)
“Movie Critics Admit Their Hate for 2002’s Reign of Fire is Due to Fear of Dragons, Not Movie Quality” (Mar 2024)
“Looks Like the Future Where Everyone Becomes a YouTube Star Turned Out Just Fine, Dad” (Feb 2024)
“My Family Are All Becoming Cartoon Characters, But We’re Mostly Okay With It” (Dec 2023)
Jane Austen’s Wastepaper Basket
“Your Overuse of the Grin-Sweat Emoji Has Me, Your Doctor, Worried” (Sep 2024)
“No, My Genealogical Hobby Isn’t Creepy” (May 2024)
“Having Run Out of Cultural Intellectual Property to Mine, Studios Turn Their Gaze Elsewhere” (Apr 2024)
“I, the Oxford Comma, No Longer Wish to Be a Source of Divisiveness Between Coworkers, Families, or Anyone Else” (Jan 2024)
“If You Liked this Template We Made for Your WordPress Site, You’ll Love the One We Made for Your Life” (Dec 2023)
Johnny America
“Pan Gets an Email Address” (Feb 2024)
MuddyUm
“A Defense of Madame Web From the Inventor of the Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee” (Mar 2024)
“Move Over, Deepak Chopra: The Self-Help We Need is Google Sheets” (Mar 2024)
“What Every Capitol Building Needs: A Ten-Foot-Tall Statue of Bluey” (Feb 2024)
“Autocorrect Apologizes for the Apocalypse” (Feb 2024)
Defenestration Magazine
Mirk Fantasy Magazine
“Into the Mist” (Mar 2024)
Slackjaw
“How to Enjoy Slow Cinema” (Nov 2024)
“What Goes Through A Car Dealer’s Mind When I Enter A Dealership” (Apr 2024)
“Finally, Auteur-Branded Snacks” (Mar 2024)
Little Old Lady Comedy
“Creative Ways To React When The Movie Awards Host Makes Fun Of You And The Camera Cuts To Your Face” (Mar 2024)
“It Goes Back!” (Dec 2023)
JAKE
“The Request” (Nov 2023)
Bewildering Stories
“A Question to the Disbelieved” (Dec 2023)
About Jeff
Jeff King is a writer who lives in Canada with his family, several rabbits, chickens, and a 110-year-old printing press that he and his brother-in-law are attempting to use unironically. His work has appeared in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Johnny America, Robot Butt, Jane Austen’s Wastepaper Basket, MuddyUm, Slackjaw, Little Old Lady Comedy, JAKE, Mirk, Defenestration Magazine, and Bewildering Stories.
In addition to his humour writing and fiction, Jeff also sends (occasional) newsletters. At Home Histories focuses on local and family history. The Given World explores technology, imagination, and the alienating effects of modernity.
Jeff holds a PhD in English Literature from Western University. He quite reasonably asks that his children address him as Dr. Dad. They don’t.