Nonfiction

“Black Punk Now,” Air/Light, February (2024)

Liner Notes: We Need To Talk – Frightwig, Label 51 Recordings, September (2023)

Big Head Theory, Locavore Lit LA, issue 9 (2023)

Excerpts from Anarchy At The Circle K (unused),  Silence Is No Reaction: Forty Years of Subhumans, author Ian Glasper, PM Press, pages 250-262, (2023)

“You Ever Go By The Name H. R. Giger?” Decibel Magazine, February (2022)

“Oh No, Is He Talking About God Again?” (with James Brown) The Fix, August (2021)

Liner Notes: DK40 – DEAD KENNEDYS , Manifesto Records, April (2019)

“Forgiveness vs. Acceptance” The Fix, January (2018)

“Almost Home” Lunch Ticket, October (2017)

“Trying to Forgive Myself” Inspiration2Publication, July (2016)

“How A Recovering Addict Handles Cohabitation” RehabReviews, June (2016)

“Thank You For Sharing” Lunch Ticket, Summer/Fall Issue (2016)

“Learning New Behaviors” Arts Collide, October (2015)

“Last Day” San Francisco, June 25th 1997″ The Nervous Breakdown, June (2015)

“Los Angeles, July 7, 1990” The Weeklings, June (2015)

“Divulging Secrets” Inspiration2Publication, May (2015)

“Having A Plan Of Recovery” Make Peace With Food, May (2015)

“Broken” Word Riot, January 2015 Issue (2015)

“Winston Smith,” Juxtapoz, May (2014)

“Transitional Housing” The Weeklings, April (2014)

“I can’t bear to watch my mom detox” Salon, April (2014)

“Fluids” The Weeklings, March (2014)

“Films Français” Paper Tape, February (2014)

“More Adventures in Macrocephaly” {Revolution House}, Resurrection Issue, 3.3 (2013)

“Peep Show” The Weeklings, December (2013)

“Time Served” Diverse Voices Quarterly, Volume 5, Issue 19 (2013)

“Beat Me” The Weeklings, September (2013)

“Bleed For Me” Razorcake, Issue 75 (2013)

“Telemarketing” Literary Artifacts/Tres Carazones, July (2013)

“On The Way To LA” The Gap-Toothed Madness, Volume 1, Issue 2 (2013)

“Bumps in the Road” Razorcake, May (2013)

“The Right To Remain Silent” Extract(s) Anthology, Volume 1, February (2013)

“Nocturnal Hollywood” Marco Polo Arts Magazine, L.A. (2012)

“Up on the Hill” Marco Polo Arts Magazine, 500 Words (2012)

“It’s Awfully Late For Patti Michelle” The Citron Review, Editor’s Choice Issue (2011)

“Valentine’s Day” Diverse Voices Quarterly, Volume 3, Issue 9&10 (2011)

“It’s Awfully Late For Patti Michelle” Fourteen Hills, Volume 17, Number 2 (2011)

“Sunset and Highland” Prairie Wolf Press Review, Premier Issue: Volume 1, Spring (2011)

“Waiting at the Gilbert” The Whistling Fire, January (2011)

“Last Day” New Plains Review, Fall Issue (2010)

“Wake Up” The Coachella Review, Fall Issue (2010)

“Wandering American Culture” Phantom Seed, Issue #4 (2010)

“The Demise of Horticulture” Weave Magazine, Issue 04 (2010)

“Las Vegas, 1966” The Survivor Chronicles, May Issue (2010)

“Desolation” Two Hawks Quarterly, Issue 4, Number 1 (2010)

“The Scent of Death” The Citron Review, September Issue (2009)

“What-a-ya-looking at Bitch?” Sunsets and Silencers, Volume 1 (2009)

“Talking With Maria” SoMa Literary Review, June Issue (2009)

“Late Night Q&A” Word Riot, May Issue (2009)

“Barack and the Art of Dental Hygiene” AUDEMUS, Volume 1, Issue 2 (2009)

“There’s a Crackhead at My Window” Blood Orange Review, Volume 2.3 (2007)

“Writing His Life Away” The Sylvan Echo, Volume 1.1 (2007)

“Compassion of the Mind” The Sylvan Echo, Volume 1.2 (2007)

“Attraction” Nouveau Blank, November Edition (2007)

Staff Writer: Cast Centers

“Getting Honest About Relapsing” April (2020)

“Staying Sober In The Age of The Coronavirus” March (2020)

“Why So Many People Make Resolutions To Get Sober In the New Year” January (2020)

“How Do I Know If Someone Is Struggling With Addiction?” January (2020)

“When Is A Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) Appropriate?” December (2019)

“The Top 8 Benefits To Quitting Drugs And Alcohol” December (2019)

“How To Stay Sober Through The Holidays” November (2019)

“Is Marijuana Good For Anxiety?” October (2019)

“Is Meth An Epidemic In The Gay Community?” October (2019)

“4 Reasons Behind Fentanyl’s Deadly Rise In Popularity” October (2019)

“The Myth Of Going Away to Get Sober” August (2019 )

“Can Taking Medication Alone Fix Anxiety and Depression?” August (2019)

“5 Unexpected Ways To Engage In Self-Care” August (2019)

“10 Ways To Know If You Are Struggling With Addiction” August (2019)

“6 Ways Not To Enable Someone Who Is Self Sabotaging” July (2019)

“The 5 Different Forms of Social Anxiety” July (2019)

“4 Myths Why Marijuana Is Good For You” July (2019)

“5 Ways To Stay Sober This Summer (After Getting Out Of Rehab)” July (2019)

“You Don’t Need to Be Rich to Get Sober in Beverly Hills” June (2019)

“5 Most Common Solutions For Depression” June (2019)

“6 Top Ways To Maintain A Program Of Recovery” May (2019)

“Asking For Help Is Not Enough” April (2019)

“Top Ten Reasons Why West Hollywood Is The Destination For Recovery” March (2019)

“Trying to Forgive Myself” May (2017)

Contributing Editor: Sensitive Skin Magazine

“Anarchy At The Circle K – excerpt” June (2022)

Christmas In The Heart Of Dixie December (2021)

“The National Guard Have Been Deployed” June (2020)

“Sixty” August (2018)

“I’m Starving” January (2016)

“I’m Starving” (Print) Number 13, November (2015)

“Looking Back: Anxiety’s Greatest Hits” November (2013)

“Looking Back: Anxiety’s Greatest Hits” (Print) Number 10 (2013)

CONTRIBUTING WRITER: AFTER PARTY MAGAZINE ​

“The Day I Was Pardoned for Committing Armed Robberies” February (2017)

“The Stupid Stuff We Say To Newcomers” September (2016)

“How a Homeless Junkie Can Trigger My Cravings” September (2016)

“You Can Borrow My Higher Power” April (2016)

“9 People To Avoid At 12-Step Meetings” April (2016)

“How Does a 50-Something Rocker Guy Learn to Love Himself?” March (2016)

“I Never Saw My Friend’s Suicide Coming” March (2016)

“The Dreaded Recovery Phone Call” January (2016)

“Stuck in the Cycle of Relapse” January (2016)

“Copping Drugs on My Way to Christmas Dinner” December (2015)

“Thanksgiving is an Eating Disorder Nightmare” November (2015)

“My Last Armed Robbery” September (2015)

“I was An Addict Who Needed Cat Food” August (2015)

“Scoring A Free High In Sobriety” July (2015)

“Can I Resist a Cocktail on a Plane?” July (2015)

“I Finally Went to OA” March (2015)

“Pro Anorexia or Bulimia? Join The Crowd” January (2015)

“Anatomy Of A Food Relapse” January (2015)

“Are Eating Disorders Real?” November (2014)

“Call This an Eating Disorder If You Need to” November (2014)

“Do I Really Have To Be Rigorously Honest?” November (2014)

“Confessions of a Bad Sponsor” September (2014)

“How I Got Sober” July (2014)

“I’m That Rocker Dude in His 50s That Wrote About Having an Eating Disorder” June (2014)

“How to Get Sober and Not Live in Mediocrity” June (2014)

“How One Drink Leads to a Heroin OD” June (2014)

“The Secret Story An Addict in Recovery Tells Himself” May (2014)

“Trying to Forgive Myself” April (2014)

“How A Life of Addiction Ends” April (2014)

“I Can’t Watch My Mom Detox” April (2014)

“Fat Boy” March (2014)

fiction

“Staying Present Out Of The Gutter, December (2016)

“Prison Bitch” Out Of The Gutter, May (2015)

« Elle s’appelait Martha, je crois » Bookalicious, February (2015)

“Won’t You Be My Neighbor” The Telegram Review, October (2013)

“Think Her Name Was Martha” Sparkle & Blink, 42 (2013)

Editor
JINETERO Author Jorge Navarro, eBook: Muy Nice Digital (2014)

Podcasts

“Interview With Patrick O’Neil” Outcast Press Podcast, March (2022)

“The Largest Human Rights Literary Organization on Earth Sends Their Best to Ben Free” (with Caits Meissner) Ben Free Podcast, March (2022)

“Dead Kennedys” Requiem Metal Podcast, March (2022)

“Writing Your Way To Recovery” (with James Brown) Talk Recovery Radio, August (2021)

Patrick O’ Neil, former bank robber, ex-junkie and author of “Gun, Needle, Spoon.” rehab confidential, August (2020)

“Episode 12 with Patrick O’Neil” The Adulting Well Podcast, April (2019)

“Episode 3 – Patrick O’Neil” Sensitive Skin Magazine Podcast, Febraury (2019)

“Patrick O’Neil 093” Writing Daily, June (2018)

“Interview Podcast with Patrick O’Neil, by Todd Taylor” Razorcake, August (2017)

“Patrick O’Neil reads excerpts from Gun, Needle, Spoon” Gorsky Press, August (2015)

“Something’s Wrong” Gorsky Press, October (2012)

interviews

“Interview with Patrick O’Neil: Gun, Needle, Spoon” The Memoir Channel, February (2024) 

“Patrick O’Neil” Razorcake #130, September (2022) 

“TCR Talks with Patrick O’Neil” The Coachella Review, August (2022) 

“A Conversation With Patrick O’Neil – Show 476” Life Elsewhere with Norman B, June (2022)

“Q&A: Patrick O’Neil On His 80s Hardcore Memoir Anarchy At The Circle K,” Decibel Magazine, June (2022)

“Voices On Addiction: A Conversation with James Brown and Patrick O’Neil” The Rumpus, July (2021)

“The Struggles Of Reentry After Incarceration,” Cultural Weekly, September (2020)

“More Transparency Can Only Help The Recovery Field’ With Patrick O’Neil” Authority Magazine (Medium.com), September (2018)

“Gun, Needle, Spoon” Snowflakes in a Blizzard, September (2018)

“From Guns and Needles to Recovery and Redemption” Keys To Recovery, June (2018)

“One Question: Patrick O’Neil” Hypertext Magazine, April (2017)

“My Greatest Struggles as a Writer” Writing Issues, Huffington Post, March (2017)

“Q&A With Patrick O’Neil by Seth Fischer” Angel’s Flight – Literary West, March (2017)

“Advice I Give” Writing Issues, Huffington Post, February (2017)

“Working with an Editor Who Didn’t Like Me” Writing Issues, Huffington Post, February (2017)

“Addiction Recovery Literature Including How To And Memoirs – Part 2” Single and Sober, February (2017)

How I Deal With Rejection” Writing Issues, The Huffington Post, January (2017)

“The Surprising Benefits of Being a Writer” Writing Issues, The Huffington Post, December (2016)

“Gun Needle Spoon” Last-Door Society, Talk Recovery Radio, August (2016)

“The Regeneration of Patrick O’Neil” Curbside Splendor Publishing, July (2015)

“Prison Saved Punk Rock Addict” San Francisco Chronicle, July (2015)

“Book Notes – Patrick O’Neil ‘Gun, Needle, Spoon'” Largehearted Boy, July (2015)

“The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Patrick O’Neil” The Rumpus, July (2015)

“Roadie+Junkie+Robber = Author” Life Elsewhere, WMNF 88.5, June (2015)

“Writing Process Blog Tour” Full Blue Moon Dementia, September (2014)

“Patrick O’Neil, Author, Filmmaker” Lunch Ticket, Winter/Spring Issue (2014)

“Life After Punk” Life Elsewhere, WMNF 88.5, September (2013)

“Heroin, Love, Bank Robberies, Dysfunctional Relationships, and Jail” Elizabeth A. White (2013)

“The Next Big Thing: Self-Interview” Full Blue Moon Dementia, February (2013)

“memory and memoir from under the shadows of heroin” Non-Profit Nook, January (2013)

Video Readings

“Merry Grishmas,” Fingerprints Music, December (2023)

“Lip Service West – Patrick O’Neil – July 11, 2015” Lip Service West, July (2015)

“Patrick O’Neil at Radar Reading Series” Radar, July (2015)

“Patrick O’Neil” Why There Are Words, July (2015)

Film

“Girls On Girls” Lunch Ticket, Winter/Spring Issue (2014)

“The YAA Girlz and the Deadly Sparks” vimeo, (2010)

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Film Apperances

“Buried In The Mix” Starling Cinema, Dir. Timothy Crandle (2016)

It Just Gets Darker…  ON-X, five-song EP/CD, written, composed, performed, and recorded in collaboration with guitarist Stephen Salit (2008)

AUTHOR/ARTIST PROFILES

“Patrick Sean O’Neil” Wikitia, September (2023) 

“Patrick O’Neil” Amazon, November (2015)

“Author Profile” GoodReads, (2008)

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