Ep 97 Tommy Dean | Flash perspectives, small towns, and powerful short works
03/16/23 • 48 min
Hi there,
Today I am thrilled to be arts calling Tommy Dean! (https://tommydeanwriter.com)
About our Guest: Tommy Dean is the author of two flash fiction chapbooks Special Like the People on TV (Redbird Chapbooks, 2014) and Covenants (ELJ Editions, 2021), and a full flash collection, Hollows (Alternating Current Press, 2022). He lives in Indiana, where he currently is the Editor at Fractured Lit and _Uncharted _Magazine. A recipient of the 2019 Lascaux Prize in Short Fiction, his writing can be found in Best Microfiction 2019, 2020, 2023, Best Small Fiction 2019 and 2022, Monkeybicycle, Moon City Press, and numerous other litmags. His interviews have been previously published in New Flash Fiction Review, The Rumpus, CRAFT Literary, and The Town Crier (The Puritan). He has taught writing workshops for the Gotham Writers Workshop, the Barrelhouse Conversations and Connections conference, and The Writers Workshop.
Hollows, now available from Alternating Current Press! https://altcurrent.square.site/product/hollows-flash-stories-by-tommy-dean/43?cp=
Flash Fiction Perspectives, Tommy's newsletter on Substack! https://tommydean.substack.com
Follow Tommy on Twitter! https://twitter.com/TommyDeanWriter Tommy on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/tommydeantommydean/
"No writing is wasted."
Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro (cruzfolio.com). If you like the show: leave a review, or share it with someone who's starting their creative journey! Your support truly makes a difference! Go make a dent: much love,
j
Hi there,
Today I am thrilled to be arts calling Tommy Dean! (https://tommydeanwriter.com)
About our Guest: Tommy Dean is the author of two flash fiction chapbooks Special Like the People on TV (Redbird Chapbooks, 2014) and Covenants (ELJ Editions, 2021), and a full flash collection, Hollows (Alternating Current Press, 2022). He lives in Indiana, where he currently is the Editor at Fractured Lit and _Uncharted _Magazine. A recipient of the 2019 Lascaux Prize in Short Fiction, his writing can be found in Best Microfiction 2019, 2020, 2023, Best Small Fiction 2019 and 2022, Monkeybicycle, Moon City Press, and numerous other litmags. His interviews have been previously published in New Flash Fiction Review, The Rumpus, CRAFT Literary, and The Town Crier (The Puritan). He has taught writing workshops for the Gotham Writers Workshop, the Barrelhouse Conversations and Connections conference, and The Writers Workshop.
Hollows, now available from Alternating Current Press! https://altcurrent.square.site/product/hollows-flash-stories-by-tommy-dean/43?cp=
Flash Fiction Perspectives, Tommy's newsletter on Substack! https://tommydean.substack.com
Follow Tommy on Twitter! https://twitter.com/TommyDeanWriter Tommy on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/tommydeantommydean/
"No writing is wasted."
Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro (cruzfolio.com). If you like the show: leave a review, or share it with someone who's starting their creative journey! Your support truly makes a difference! Go make a dent: much love,
j
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Ep 96 Laurie Marshall | Flash fiction, exploring forms, and the beauty of yearning
Hi there,
Today I'm so overjoyed to be arts calling Laurie Marshall! (www.SeeLaurieWrite.com)
About our Guest: Laurie Marshall is an award-winning writer and artist in Northwest Arkansas. Her debut flash fiction collection is coming in April 2023 from ELJ Editions. Her words and art have been published in print and digital literary journals and included in anthologies including Snow Crow from AdHoc Fiction, Mid/South Anthology _from Belle Point Press and _Best Small Fictions 2022. Current projects include a memoir and novella, both written in flash stories, a prose collaboration with her late grandmother’s poetry and preparing for a five-day bike ride from Pittsburgh to DC. One of these is way more intimidating than the others. www.SeeLaurieWrite.com
Proof of Life, now available for pre-order from ELJ Editions! https://elj-editions.com/proof-of-life
Laurie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seelauriewrite Laurie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaurieMMarshall Check out Laurie's Collage Work at Collage & Coffee on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/collage_and_coffee
Shout out to Más Libritos Bookstore in Springdale, Arkansas: a Latina-owned pop up indie bookstore! https://www.instagram.com/maslibritosbookstore
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Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro (cruzfolio.com). If you like the show: leave a review, or share it with someone who's starting their creative journey! Your support truly makes a difference! Go make a dent: much love,
j
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Ep 98 Audra Kerr Brown | Flash fiction, family, and emotional horror
Hi there,
Today I am thrilled to be arts calling Audra Kerr Brown! (audrakerrbrown.wordpress.com)
Audra Kerr Brown lives with her husband and two children at the end of a dirt road in Iowa. Her work has appeared in the Best Small Fictions (2018, 2021 editions) and Wigleaf’s Top 50 Very Short Fiction List. Former managing editor of New Flash Fiction Review, she is now the founding creator and archivist of the (sometimes) YouTube channel, The Flashtronauts! which “explores the ever-expanding universe of Flash Fiction.” Her flash chapbook, hush hush hush, is available at Harbor Editions.
hush hush hush now available! https://www.smallharborpublishing.com/chapbooks/hush-hush-hush
Audra on Twitter: https://twitter.com/audrakerrbrown
"Keep at it. Keep turning your wheels. That is success."
Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro (cruzfolio.com). If you like the show: leave a review, or share it with someone who's starting their creative journey! Your support truly makes a difference! Go make a dent: much love,
j
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