Matthew Duffus

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Author of the novel SWAPPING PURPLES FOR YELLOWS and of the collection DUNBAR’S FOLLY AND OTHER STORIES. High school English teacher and Fiction Editor for Orison Books.

Cover of Patricia Henley's Apple & Palm: Stories. Gray background with a table containing four red apples in the foreground.

Illustrated cover of Jon Raymond’s story collection Livability.

Opening paragraphs of my story "Hiatus," published in Moon City Review 2025: My brother's partners all but blindfolded me before they took me to his homestead. He was squatting on a huge tract of land in the mountains near Asheville, and the two people who helped him with the operation, as they called it, were jumpy. My brother had gone into the woods to live deeply and suck out all the marrow of life. Then he disappeared.

Front cover of Brilliant Corners: a journal of jazz & literature

Back cover of vinyl edition of Lionel Louie and Dave Holland's jazz album entitled United. Light red background with white and black geometric patterns.

Hand holding a black and silver metal Shaeffer fountain pen.

Album covers for records by Bud Powell (2) and Jetta Hipp (1).