OUT NOW:

THE SPEED CHRONICLES (Editor/contributor. Anthology of new fiction about the drug speed, feat. William T. Vollmann, Sherman Alexie, Jerry Stahl, Beth Lisick, Megan Abbott, James Greer, and more. Akashic Books).

EMPTY THE SUN (Novel with Soundtrack by Six Organs of Admittance)

EAT HELL

TWO LETTERS COLLECTION OF ART & WRITING VOL. 2

GIRLVERT: A PORNO MEMOIR by ORIANA SMALL aka ASHLEY BLUE (Edited by Joseph Mattson)

Forthcoming/In-Progress:

COURTING THE JAGUAR (novel)
HEXICO (novel)
WESTERN VIOLENCE AND BRIEF SENSUALITY (screenplay)
ALL THAT MATTERS IS THE WOLF (poems)
LAST SEEN IN BARSTOW/LAST SCENE IN BARSTOW (play)
JESUS DICE (novel)
HUNTED BY SAVAGES (nonfiction)

Also editing VIRGINS IN REVERSE and THE INTRUSION, two excellent novellas by Gabriel Hart--Mr. Hart is known in sonic circles as vocalist/songwriter/big chief of the band JAIL WEDDINGS; Hart was formerly ringleader of the desperados THE STARVATIONS--stay tuned for his literary debut coming soon...

"Joseph Mattson is a monster of a writer." --Beth Lisick, author of EVERYBODY INTO THE POOL and HELPING ME HELP MYSELF

"Joseph Mattson writes like a guitar player with nineteen fingers--everywhere at once, stinging, dark and beautiful. EMPTY THE SUN will take you to some strange places, but the trip is amazing. Mattson has written a truly inventive and vivid novel." --Jerry Stahl, author of PERMANENT MIDNIGHT and PAIN KILLERS

"Several passages induced the shiver of aesthetic bliss in my spine that Nabokov famously described as the indicator of good and true writing. The whole thing is by turns hilarious and hilariously sad, artfully pin-holed with melancholy (my favorite drink)... EMPTY THE SUN is an impressive achievement, as well as an excellent and I believe as yet unused name for a rock band." --James Greer, author ARTIFICIAL LIGHT and GUIDED BY VOICES: A BRIEF HISTORY

"Joseph Mattson is one hell of a motherfucking writer."
--Jeff Garlin, author of MY FOOTPRINT: CARRYING THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD and co-star/executive producer of HBO's CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM