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Oh, Vancouver by Elee Kraljii Gardiner The city is one big in-law suite,  Crowded by natural beauty, and lonely.  My friend feels bad about being …

About the Book: Long ago, the guinea pig race lived together in a city on the coast. But when a storm came from the sea, …

veryshortfiction.com Featured in June/July 2016 Issue: Short Stories Caught myself thinking life was not so bad. I’m sitting on a plane wearing silk shorts instead …

About the Book: This bracing, intelligent debut tackles the strangeness of growing up, the joys and difficulties of breaking away from family, and our sometime …

Sarabande Books http://sarabandebooks.org Buzzfeedcalled You Should Pity Us Instead one of the “most exciting new books of 2016.” We totally concur.  Shelf Unbound: These stories …

Random House http://penguinrandomhouse.com Following in the steps of Richard Ford and Annie Proulx, Wink is the American West’s newest star storyteller.  Shelf Unbound: The title …

Soft Skull Press http://softskull.com “Tara Ison’s stories locate the pleasure in pain, the victory in betrayal, the beauty in depravity—they walk the line between love …

Shelf Unbound: You say that Newton’s and Einstein’s theories of space and time are mutually exclusive and you have proposed a new lunar theory. What’s …

Shelf Unbound: What interested you in writing a novel about a family?  Owen Thomas: Setting the action for a novel in a family context helps …

Shelf Unbound: Your main character Molly is a quirky original, deemed by a faith healer as an “Angel of Death.” How did you come up …