About Seth

Fiction and non-fiction, from crime to love stories, found in the most unlikely places on this Earth... and beyond.

Seth Augenstein is a writer of fiction and non-fiction. His debut collection The Gospels of Extinction from Lost Meridian Press contains "taut, indelible stories... which are just as smart as they are frightening" (Kirkus). His previous novels were Lama with a Gun (2023, an "exhaustively researched, bloody, and compelling work of historical fiction," Kirkus), and Project 137 (2019). His stories have appeared in more than a dozen magazines and fiction podcasts, including Writer's Digest, The No Sleep Podcast, and The Molotov Cocktail. He spent a decade writing for New Jersey newspapers, lastly at The Star-Ledger. He picked up some state journalism awards, along travels to crime scenes, hospital operating rooms, natural disasters, funerals, and quiet homes. He was also the editor of Forensic Magazine, a tour guide at the James Joyce Centre, and a student in Saul Bellow’s final class. Now he lives on a rocky ridge in New Jersey with his wife and daughters.