I’m excited to announce that I’m an official panelist at this year’s Southern Festival of Books, where I’ll be talking about Those Fantastic Lives on a panel with fellow short story writer Andrew Siegrist, who is the author of We Imagined It Was Rain.
Read MoreI have a new collection in the running for my favorite book of the year, and that book is Becky Hagenston’s The Age of Discovery and Other Stories. In these stories, there are magical bread loaves, robots, and future museums.
Read MoreThank you to the kind folks at Big Indie Books for allowing me the space to write about contemporary magical realism short stories high school classrooms might appreciate. I got to talk about Arimah, Bell, Sparks, Russell, and Schweblin.
Read MoreIt’s hard to believe the official release of Those Fantastic Lives: And Other Strange Stories is only one month away. I’ve been overwhelmed by the generosity of so many readers and literary folks.
Read MoreSilas House is, in my mind, one of the country’s most under-appreciated writers. His novels are fantastic, and his essays are just as good.
Read MoreIt was a pleasure to be able to talk to Garstang over at Southern Review of Books.
Read MoreExciting news: I’m the new Fiction Editor over at Qu, which is the literary magazine put out by us Queens University of Charlotte MFA folks. I’m honored to be selected for this role, and I’m stoked to begin the journey.
Read MoreThose Fantastic Lives officially goes to press later this afternoon. I’m excited and ready to see this collection that I’ve worked on for such a long time come to life.
Read MoreIt’s hard to believe 2021 is just past its halfway mark. It’s been a good year in many ways, I believe. It’s been hard, too, for sure. But each passing year offers its own distinct challenges. As the year’s progressed, I’ve been grateful to be able to rely on the constant company of art.
Read MoreAwaiting the first round of feedback from a book, I imagine, is pretty stressful for most writers. It certainly was for me. Thankfully, though, I’ve received extremely generous first reviews.
Read MoreJohn Brandon, an author I’ve followed for many years, is back with his newest offering, Ivory Shoals.
Read MoreOne of the most anxiety-starting aspects of the whole book-release journey is getting blurbs from other writers.
Read MoreI was hoping to come across a good psychological thriller this summer, so I was glad when my editor at Chapter 16 approached me about covering Carter’s debut.
Read MoreMy early summer reading is focused mainly on weird/magical realism/speculative story collections.
Read MoreI don’t know how normal it is for a writer to have favorite stories from their own catalog of work, but “What They Left Behind” is near the top of my favorite stories. I’m really proud of it each time I go back through it.
Read MoreMonica West’s debut novel, Revival Season, is sure to be one of the books of the year. It’s a beautiful novel about faith and family.
Read MoreMy debut collection of short stories, Those Fantastic Lives, will hit bookstores on October 1st, and I’m excited to announce that it’s officially available to preorder from your favorite bookstore!
Read MoreAll good things come to an end, and my MFA residency at Queens is over. It’s bittersweet for sure. I love my time with my writing community. My peers and teachers are some of the kindest and most encouraging folks I know.
Read MoreWith October 1st getting here quickly, my published unveiled the cover earlier this week. I really, really like it and feel like it captures the stories inside really well.
Read MoreI’ve loved Ghost Parachute for a long while. They are one of the best flash fiction journals around, and they’ve been kind enough to publish multiple works of mine over the years.
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