author of urban fantasy
Aubrey Jones
Aubrey is a genderqueer, neurodivergent deserter from the trenches of tech. Pagan, Discordian, and radically agnostic, they channel spiritual iconoclasm and authenticity for a unique perspective on urban fantasy. With gritty, literate prose they drag you viscerally into an unrelenting dimension of neo-noir sensuality and chaos. Fueled by intersectional rage, Aubrey centers relatable characters to deliver empowering thrillers mixing unyielding anarchist ideals with violence, sex, and magic. Fast-paced, profane, and explicit, Aubrey's mature urban fantasies prove socially conscious doesn't mean politically correct.
Writing
Idle Hands
Idle Hands
Book #1 of The Jackson Grey Situation Jackson Grey, PhD did everything right and she's on the verge of a breakthrough in cancer treatment when corporate conspiracy takes it all—her career, her research, her colleagues. Callous profiteers have twisted her cure into a weapon, erasing her future and dooming countless others. Desperate, furious, and alienated on the streets of Philly, Jax makes a deal with an elusive new ally—a supernatural anarchist who says he's the Devil. With growing infernal powers, formidable wits, relentless will, and a custom machine gun, Jax will do whatever it takes to dismantle the engines of her misery and punish the shadowy men who profit from them. Dr. Grey's world is our own, but in Idle Hands, Jones tells a story where pride and pleasure are celebrated. Violence is an answer. And resistance isn’t stoic or pretty—it’s loud, raw, and unapologetic. This is a neo-noir fantasy where rage is power and the monster that goes bump in the night is a woman with nothing to lose.
I flipped my Transgression to automatic, stuck the silenced muzzle around the corner, and fired blind. The little machine pistol didn't make nearly the concussive racket my enemy's rifle did, but it was still loud and mechanical. A chainsaw trying to use its inside voice.
from "Idle Hands"
My recipe for a good protagonist: 3 things I wish were true about me; 5 things I'm proud are true; and 7 things I'm embarrassed are true. Make up everything else.
—Aubrey Jones
I listened to his mind. That makes it sound easier than it was. No one's mind is a single thing. It isn't a stream of words artistically selected to provide context. I felt his desires and needs as if they were a memory of my own, his greed and his jealousy over his family. There were words alright, heaped on one another and twisted through in meaningless phrases. I focused on the surface-most thoughts in his head.
from "Idle Hands"
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