JJ Dettman

Author

About

JJ Dettman is a writer of science fiction, general fiction, and essays. He was born, raised, works, and lives in the Greater Toronto Area. The scope of his stories tends to focus on the smaller, personal moments in life. Sometimes they feature speculative gadgetry, paranormal quandaries, or futuristic what-ifs, often in flavours that are more sci than fi. His intuition for science realism was forged by his graduate education in physics, and continuously evolves according to his life-long fascination with the natural world. He owes his love of story to the people who live within it.

His literary inspiration comes primarily from a mix 20th century and contemporary authors such as Alice Munro, Kurt Vonnegut, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ernest Hemingway, Ottessa Moshfegh, Sally Rooney, and David Mitchell.

fiction

“Unspeakables”
upcoming in Blank Spaces

“Greenland”
in New Maps Vol. 2 No. 4 (Fall 2022)

Non-fiction

“Building a Home”
in Not Cancelled: Canadian Caremongering in the Face of COVID-19 from Wintertickle Press.