Julie Odell’s stories are about people caught between competing narratives about who they are and who they are expected to be. Blending psychological insight, dark humor, and sharp social observation, her stories often place ordinary characters inside systems—families, recovery communities, institutions, or emerging technologies—that promise transformation but demand conformity.
Stories
Billy Jack
Published in The Intentional
Slut
Published in Berkeley Fiction Review
Fix-a-Flat
Published in Five Chapters
The Boy
Published in Atticus Review
Wissahickon
Published in Foliate Oak
Heat
Published in New World Writing
Whoa, Hey
Published in New World Writing
Blast
Published in Philadelphia Stories
Louche
Published in BlazeVOX
about julie
Julie Odell is a writer and English professor at Community College of Philadelphia, where she has taught composition for more than three decades. A MacDowell Fellow, her work has been recognized by NPR and received honors from Zoetrope: All-Story. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband, a retired firefighter and crime novelist, and a lively collection of rescue pets.
Julie Odell, writer 