Book Club with Julia and Victoria Bonus: Weird Short Fiction with Evan James Sheldon
Julia and Victoria talk with author Evan James Sheldon about his new book of gloriously weird flash fiction, Children and Their Cages, and his creative process. Julia learns that flash fiction is not, in fact, a story written very fast.
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Follow Evan James Sheldon’s writing on evanjamessheldon.com and Twitter @EvanJamesSheld1. Check out his latest book Children & Their Cages available online at Barnes & Noble.
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The Iliac Crest by Christina Riviera Garza
The Summer Book by Tov Jansson
Sin Eaters:Stories by Caleb Tankersley
Friday Black by Nana Kwameh Adjei-Brenyah
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