J. Jupes writes pulp and dystopian novels and likes having a cover image in front of him before even thinking about the first word. He assembles books from notes written on the back of Mars Bar wrappers. Raised by a severe English playwright, Jupes can't stomach convention. His father made outlines. He doesn't. Jupes likes a sentence that smokes unfiltered cigarettes and flicks the butts into filthy puddles just to hear them hiss.
"I type real fast with two fingers," he says, "like a two beaked…
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