J. A. Stapleton

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I have 104 stories published in 17 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 67431 times and 18 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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J. A. Stapleton is the author of three crime novels. His epistolary short story “Loyalty” was published by ESTRO in 2017. His film reviews are available on Instagram and Facebook, with in-print weekly reviews published in REBEL magazine for the University of Essex. He was recognised for his efforts and work exhibited in the Albert Sloman Library as a writer of the University.

His novels are currently in the editing stage. The Detective Lacey series span four books set in Los Angeles between December 1941 and September 1949. His literary influences are Ian Fleming, Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Raymond Chandler and James Ellroy.

J. A. Stapleton does not claim to own any of the images used nor does he make money from them, each having been sourced from Wikimedia Commons and his own illustrations. No copyright intended.

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The Second World War: PART 2 - Adelise Gèroux - Paris (1945) #2

By J. A. Stapleton on Fri, 05 Jan 2018

When Adelise Gèroux finished packing her life into a single suitcase, she walked out onto her balcony to take in the evening air.

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The Second World War: PART 1 - Roger Farrier - Dunkirk (1940) #2

By J. A. Stapleton on Thu, 04 Jan 2018

REDRAFT The burly man lying face down in the sand may have well been dead.

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Lenin on Loons

By J. A. Stapleton on Fri, 15 Dec 2017

Three times I blink. I’m in my old high school, sitting on a cream couch in the Assembly Hall that bisects block B and block C. Somebody blares Marc...