NOUNS OF ASSEMBLAGE collects sixty-three of the strongest voices in small press fiction, from J. A. Tyler to xTx, from Kevin Sampsell to Cameron C. Pierce, with stories ranging from romantic to absurd to over-the-top violent and back again, covering the full gamut of what small press has to offer. Every story in this collection was written from a different collective noun, or "noun of assemblage," such as A MURDER OF CROW (by Tyler Gobble), or A LITTER OF PUPS (by Joseph Riippi), or A PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS (by Frank Hinton), and none of these stories are available anywhere else. This is the first official title from HOUSEFIRE, the innovative and groundbreaking publishing company located in Portland Oregon.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Matthew Simmons speaks of God and carrion and walking and walking and it's beautiful. Kirsten Alene Pierce writes of bacteria and it's better than a sermon on Ash Wednesday reminding us all where we'll return. Colleen Elizabeth Rowley has a mighty soul. I want to see her on a stage with Scott McClanahan. Kevin Sampsell continues to write The Good News about Sexuality. The authors of this anthology are diverse and some of them are brilliant, some of them are shocking and some of them are wonderfully human. A few of them cuss a lot.
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By Mammajamma
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Ordered this book on a recommendation and was very pleased. Great to hear the voices of this generation. My favorite was "a Culture of Bacteria" by Kirsten Alene Pierce. Couldn't even finish "A Rumble of Rattlesnake" by Janey Smith. Order more than one and share it with a friend.
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By J. Gott
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Lovers of flash fiction will have much to rejoice for in "Nouns Of Assemblage." The scores of authors in this book manage to pack in a large amount of variety and surprises. Fans of the genre will have plenty of reasons to turn the pages.
People having little interaction with such works will find this to be a fair sampler of what to expect: an ideal crash course in flash fiction that will either endear you to the art indefinitely or forever repel you. If you're like me and looking to expand your horizons a bit, this also fits the bill.
I have a terrible bias against experimental narratives and stream-of-consciousness writing (which, I think, "Nouns" veers into every so often) but I still found several stories to be particularly entertaining; a few were very great; and, naturally, a few caused me grief. Still, in ANY anthology, those are pretty good marks.
People having little interaction with such works will find this to be a fair sampler of what to expect: an ideal crash course in flash fiction that will either endear you to the art indefinitely or forever repel you. If you're like me and looking to expand your horizons a bit, this also fits the bill.
I have a terrible bias against experimental narratives and stream-of-consciousness writing (which, I think, "Nouns" veers into every so often) but I still found several stories to be particularly entertaining; a few were very great; and, naturally, a few caused me grief. Still, in ANY anthology, those are pretty good marks.
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