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Below are my three collections of poetry and short stories. I am also working on two of novels and will start work on a children's book later this year. Keep checking back for updates!

The second offering, the near thought, the addled mind, the ringing phone, wine stained poetry. Thrift Store Majestic.

Reader Comments on Thrift Store Majestic:

"Lovely snaking rhythms and tenderly-painted scenes."

"Thought provoking and true."

"Like a hangover with all the paranoia and need for comfort."

"A little sad, a little delicate, a little sexy."

"I get the same feeling reading this as I do when I am listening to Jim Morrison reading from Portrait of an American Poet."

"Hauntingly sentimental and darkly touching."

"Simple, but beautiful."

Encapsulates the mirth, nostalgia, struggles, and pitfalls of looking backward for the rhyme and reason of this human experience too often, and looking forward just not enough.

TCM Book Review by Lynn Burton:

"While reading Jim Duncan’s first published book of poetry, I often got this image of a P.I. type with his feet crossed on top of a mahogany desk in a dark office. Think Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer and you have it. It’s the dark-edged voice with a sense of humor in Mr. Duncan’s poetry that gave this image its home in my mind. The works in this collection combine a fear of aloneness with the joy of it as well. You can feel the emotions--the hope, sadness, wonder and questions...simple yet brilliant...a true talent on the rise.

Reader comments on Welcome to the night shift:

“Amusing in a close your eyes and take a sad drag of your cigarette kind of way.”

"If I were writing an review of Jim Duncan's new book in The New Yorker, I bet I would use the phrase
'technical brilliance' somewhere."

"Damn fine work."

"Refreshingly simple and still so stark."

“Powerful and truthful.”

What we leave behind, we carry with us forever. This collection has been called "brilliant" and "endearing...a certain winner" with poetry and short stories of "elusive depth" that "leaves the reader bone dry and begging for more." These are tales of those who lost, those who gained, and those who still walk the sidewalks looking for some ballast to get them through.