Winner of the Boudin Flash Fiction Chapbook Contest, judged by Roxane Gay
“As is the case with the best of flash fiction, Jamy Bond conjures richly detailed worlds with a deft economy of language. These are stories about the sweet, sticky, sometimes bitter mess of girlhood, the unexpected challenges of adulthood, the ways of men, and the atmospheric nostalgia of jumping into the known unknown of a quarry. Combat Zones is an unforgettable collection of stories from an immensely talented writer.”
—Roxane Gay, Contest Judge
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About Jamy Bond
Jamy Bond is an American prose writer. She earned a BA in Philosophy and Religious Studies and an MFA in Creative Writing, both from George Mason University where she co-founded So To Speak Journal.
She served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kyustendil, Bulgaria where she taught English and writing to high school students. Following her Peace Corps service, Bond spent 15 years working in international development and disaster relief, a career that sent her across five continents and through 25 countries, including a year as the Chief Information and Press Officer for the United States Agency for International Development in Iraq.
She was awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant in writing and traveled to Mozambique to write about her sister’s tragic death there as a Peace Corps Volunteer.
Her writing has appeared in a variety of print and online publications, including Best Microfiction, The Sun Magazine, The Rumpus, Wigleaf, and The Washington Post, and included in an array of literary anthologies. Today, she lives with her family near Washington, DC.