Writing at the intersection of animals and humans.

Animal Rights Show: Writing for Animals: John advocates that changing how we portray other animals in our writing is fundamental to bringing about more respectful, compassionate and just relationships with the greater than human world.

Species of Least Concern received a staged reading at Capital Stage in Sacramento — hear a recent conversation about it on Jefferson Public Radio.

New in The Revelator: The Plight of the Desert Penguin: Caught Between Extraction and El Niño.

The Standing Dead will be published by Sea Crow Press in Spring 2027. More to come.

A nice mention, with excerpts, of Devils Island on Substack.

New in The Revelator: Birding's Tragic Blind Spot.

The plight of the Franklin bumble bee inspired Species of Least Concern — read the backstory.

On the eco-mystery genre: For writers and readers alike, climate change has created the ultimate eco-mystery.

Speak of the Devils: The Animals We Fear the Most Are Fading Away, now live on The Revelator.

A warm review of Devils Island in Publishers Weekly, calling it a suspenseful, nightmare-vacation-worth-taking outing from Yunker and Raymond.

The Hoiho (yellow-eyed penguin), the world's most endangered penguin species, inspired the newest short story.