Bret Anthony Johnston

Jan 25, 2025 | ncronline.org | Elizabeth Hamilton |Bret Anthony Johnston

In 1993, U.S. federal and Texas state law enforcement agencies used battle tanks, surveillance aircraft and Black Hawk helicopters to lay siege on the Branch Davidian religious compound located on a rudimentary ranch just northeast of Waco, Texas.

Dec 5, 2024 | perkins.org | O. Henry |Annie Proulx |Bret Anthony Johnston |Victor LaValle

Skip to content Short stories contain all the elements of a novel—and sometimes more!—within a limited word count. Whether experimental or deceptively simple in form, short stories allow authors to explore a variety of characters, subject matter, and literary devices. There is something for everyone, across all genres and preferences.

Aug 9, 2024 | vqronline.org | Bret Anthony Johnston

Holland spentWednesday building a privacy fence for a tiresome academic couple in Barton Hills. Pressure-treated posts, horizontal cedar boards, stained and sealed, it was his third that week. He had another scheduled tomorrow, then a set of deck stairs on Friday, plus bids out on a tree house, a couple of pergolas, and too many fences to count. Now that everyone was marooned at home, they were dumping money into their yards, walling off their neighbors.

Jul 30, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Bret Anthony Johnston |Kristin Hannah

An evocative reimagining of the Romeo and Juliet story set amid the catastrophic collapse of a religious cult. Young lovers struggle to overcome the powerful forces working to separate them.

Jul 28, 2024 | nytimes.com | Bret Anthony Johnston

WE BURN DAYLIGHT, by Bret Anthony JohnstonWhat is it about cults? We can't seem to get enough of them, in whatever format - documentary, feature, series, news, memoir, fiction. We love these stories, I'd argue, for the same reasons people are drawn to cults themselves: the promise of a radical alternative, of emancipation from ourselves, of ideological cover for bad behavior, of simple (if theologically arcane) answers to life's complex, intractable problems.