Laura Susan Johnson

Laura Susan Johnson has been writing since the age of eleven, cutting her teeth on stories of the family dogs and cats. She has written two novels: CRUSH and BRIGHT and three short stories, BURDENS, OUR HOUSE, COLD FOOT, and OLD CARS. All of these projects are now available here at Smashwords. CRUSH and BRIGHT are also available in print at Beaten Track Publishing, in Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK.

She is currently working on her most challenging projects to date, the interdependent novels, DREAMS and ARMOUR. She lives in Idaho, Oregon, Arkansas and California.

Inspired by gay couples she took care of in her career as a hospice nurse, Laura Susan began penning her novel CRUSH in August 2010.

Laura Susan has applied much of her own life experience to the characters she hasỲ created in her books and stories. UPDATED 12/22

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Crush
Debut novel for Laura Susan Johnson, first published in 2011, being reissued in early 2015 with a beautiful new cover art by Regina Wamba/Mae I Design

Bright (The House On Glass Beach #2) Book Trailer
The extraordinary story of 2 ordinary young men united by a freak accident.

Nectar: A Short Story
A middle aged woman remembers...Nectar tells the story of one young woman's struggle to survive during the atrocities of the Armenian Genocide. Nectar is available as a stand-alone short or as part of the anthology "Never Too Late", nine stories of people who show that your identity expands far beyond the exterior, and truly lies in your mind and heart.

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• Followed on Oct. 11, 2012
  
  Very suspenseful and disturbing! I was in discomfort while reading it, which is a good sign it's a great short story! Recommended for fans of thrillers,crime dramas and suspense!
  
• Champagne on Nov. 02, 2012
  
  A very colorful and complex portrait of '80s life as a gay man. Debbie McGowan paints a vivid and disconcerting portrait of the sordid underworld which her youthful protagonist, Sammy, haunted for life by the abuse he endured by his now missing father, navigates with cautious aspirations. Every sense is involved as you follow Sammy during the outrageous 1980s gay street/bar scene in London. McGowan's writing is comparable to Sarah Waters' extremely thorough and captivatingly sensual descriptions. The journey that Sammy takes, and his relationship "Champagne" reminded me a bit of watching the movie "Gia" which was the portrait of the lesbian supermodel's chaotic descent into drugs and disallusion. But unlike Gia, "Champagne," while dark and disturbing in its depictions, is not a story of a downward spiral into doom. Rather it is an enthralling and intimate peek into one plucky and personable young man's search for the truth, and for answers, and his refusal to give up finding those answers. I read this on a PDF on my computer. I have a harder time reading that way, and want to buy the paperback as soon as I can so I can enjoy it even more. I love gay themed fiction and I especially love period pieces. Highly recommended.
  
• In Motion on June 29, 2013
  
  Sadly I admit I flew through this novel by mostly unknown but very talented Andrew Evich who has also written under the name Manley Foxx. IN MOTION is not for everyone. A youth called Felix is dismissed by his drug addicted mother because of his birth defect, and the book is his journey to finding who he is. While he is not innocent per se, he is very young, and learns most of his lessons in the hardest ways. Quite original and there's never a dull moment, truly. But again, if you're easily offended by tales of rent boys, pedophilia and hate crimes, you will probably want to avoid the works of Evich. I plan to soon read another one of his books, KILL 'EM AGAIN. Obviously, I am drawn to tales of boys in trouble. If you like J.T. LeRoy or Chuck Palahniuk, you might enjoy Evich.
  
• Province on Sep. 12, 2016
  
  Unique characters, unique settings, unique romance, unique heroes and villians. Highly recommended for lovers of LGBTQIA fiction!!!