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Justin Jones may be from the wrong side of the tracks, but heck if he won't suck in his belly, conquer his fear of heights, and land a spot on the Olympic Diving Team once and for all. Years later, when a series of hard knocks coincides with the internet boom, Justin summons the courage of his platform diving days and recreates himself into what he sees as the least of all possible evils: a traveling escort.

The main story takes place in 2000 and begins with the San Francisco economy crash, a codependent love affair, and an introduction to radical feminist-sexual politics. The result: Justin becomes a sex worker. But feminist ideals do not translate to a divided, troubled culture. So while intimate affairs with affluent and touch-deprived men overtake his urban life, Justin’s relations with a band of illegal aliens and expatriates at a remote mountain sanctuary only get deeper, culminating in a backwoods baby delivery and a triple-wedding featuring three Israelis and three Americans.

CASTING SHADOWS
written under the pen name Justin Jones

The first chapter of DIVE (below) was recently published in a Soft Skull Press' anthology Hooker's, Call Girls, and Rent Boys: professionals writing on life, love, and sex. It was featured on the cover of the New York Times Book Review in August 2009 and subsequently sold out of it's first three runs.

"An eye-opening, astonishing, honest and funny collection from those who really have lived on the edge in a parallel universe… Unpretentious and riveting, their tales are also graphic, politically incorrect and mostly unquotable in this newspaper."

Toni Brantley, NY Times

New: the short film adaptation, The Surf and Sex Report