This is the first installment of the semi-annual anthology from Flatmancrooked Publishing. This edition features a Jorge Luis Borges story not currently in print in English, and new fiction from Ha Jin you have not read, because we published it first. This book also introduces the work of James Bartels, Bessie Nadine Sweet, James Kaelan, Emma Straub, Thomas McCafferty, Crystal Anne Cheney, Chris Robinson, David Dumitru, and Jim O'Loughlin. Keywords: flat man crooked, flatman crooked, flat mancrooked, Sacramento publishing, Northern California.
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...The premiere issue of Flatmancrooked features wonderful new writing, as well as a Jorge Luis Borges story to satiate any closet Borges obsessives wandering the streets in search of a fix... --Alexa Shapiro, Arts&Culture, SNR
...the stories are excellent, of the highest quality, and have found there rightful place amongst the legends with whom they share this book . . . The true gems in this book though are the upcoming writers. Starting with Flag Day by James Bartels, a story about swinging for the holidays, to Juicy by Bessie Nadine Sweet, and Thomas McCafferty s The Man Who Knew Me, two excellently crafted stories about transformation and the brutality of life and life simply . . . The book is as simple and simply beautiful as the site, a credit to Flatmancrooked s designer and editorial staff. --Park Slope Reviews
...[A] spectacular read . . . edgy, fresh, and fun . . . an impressive first effort from a very strange company... --News and Review
...the stories are excellent, of the highest quality, and have found there rightful place amongst the legends with whom they share this book . . . The true gems in this book though are the upcoming writers. Starting with Flag Day by James Bartels, a story about swinging for the holidays, to Juicy by Bessie Nadine Sweet, and Thomas McCafferty s The Man Who Knew Me, two excellently crafted stories about transformation and the brutality of life and life simply . . . The book is as simple and simply beautiful as the site, a credit to Flatmancrooked s designer and editorial staff. --Park Slope Reviews
...[A] spectacular read . . . edgy, fresh, and fun . . . an impressive first effort from a very strange company... --News and Review
About the Author
Jorge Luis Borges was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1899. A critic, poet and translator, Borges is best known for his erudite, complex, and fantastical stories. With works such as The Garden of Forking Paths and Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote, Borges helped define the concept of metafiction. He was awarded the World Fantasy Award, the Cervantes Prize, the Prix Formentor Prize (with Samuel Beckett), the Balzan Prize, the French Légion d Honneur, the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award. He died in Geneva in 1986.
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