Jonathan Lindstrom

Jonathan Lindstrom is a writer whose work spans memoir, literary fiction, and high-concept mystery. His writing often focuses on memory, moral ambiguity, and the hidden forces that shape identity over time, with particular attention to class, place, and unspoken social rules. He is interested less in confession than in observation—how people misunderstand one another, how stories harden into myths, and how small choices echo long after they are made.

Books

• Unrequited

Unrequited: A Gay Memoir is about coming of age with a less common sexual identity in a working-class New England town—a tale of subtle heartache. Told through a series of nested scenes, the book follows a narrator from early childhood through young adulthood as he navigates friendship, desire, loyalty, and exclusion. The story focuses on the inner conflict, what goes unspoken—missed signals, social rules that seem ill-conceived, and the long emotional afterlife of unreturned attachment. This is a memoir heavily driven by irony and subtext, with a lighter focus on current-day reflection. It often feels more like a novel.

• First Person

First Person: A Collection of Short Stories by People in the Know
(June 2026)

• Unconcealed

(January 2027)

Contact: jonathanlindstrom74@gmail.com