— From Meg Pokrass, NFFR Founding Editor —
I’m thrilled to be holding an advanced reading copy of W.W. Norton’s anthology New Micro: Exceptionally Short fiction edited by Norton Anthology’s editor James Thomas and microfiction author Robert Scotellaro!
I was delighted to note that 3 of the stories in this collection: Stuart Dybek’s “Initiation”, Pamela Painter’s “Letting Go” and Ana Maria Shua’s “Hermit”, were originally published in New Flash Fiction Review, guest edited by the legendary Norton Anthology editor Robert Shapard (in 2015).
The 90 authors with microfiction in this book include Stuart Dybek, James Tate, Richard Brautigan, Joy Williams, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Pamela Painter, Amy Hempel, Joyce Carol Oates, Louis Jenkins, Sherrie Flick, Roy Kesey, Steve Almond, Anthony Tognazzini, Ron Carlson, Lous Beach, Amelia Gray, Mary Miller, Michael Martone, Thaisa Frank, Diane Williams, Meg Pokrass, Stace Budzko, Theresa Wyatt, Christopher Merkner, Josh Russell, Brian Hinshaw, John Edgar Wideman, Peter Orner, Sophie Rosenblum, Stefanie Freele, Kyle Hemmings, Dawn Raffel, Kim Chinqee Jeff Landon, Tara Masih, Molly Giles, Len Kuntz, Dinty W Moore,Curtis Smith, Roy Kesey, Tiff Holland, Damian Dressick, Matt Sailor, Zachery Schomburg, Debra Marquart, Barry Basden, Bernard Cooper, Tom Hazuka, Sarah Freligh, Tania Hershman, Josh Russell, Nancy Stohlman, Michael Czyzniejewski, Elizabeth Ellen, Mary Miller, Claudia Smith Chen, Grant Faulkner, Lynn Mundell, Pedro Ponce, Roberta Allen, Michelle Elvy, Melissa Fraterrigo, Kevin Griffith, Nin Andrews, Pia Z. Ehrhardt, Francine Witte, Paul Beckman, Arlene Ang, Kathleen McGookey, James Claffey, Ron Koertge, Darling Neal, Kim Addonizio, Meg Tuite, Nicholas Dichario, Jennifer Pieroni, Lorraine Lopez, Steven Sherrill, William Walsh, Ron Wallace, Kathy Fish, Robert Vaughn, Tara Laskowski, Jim Heynen, Eric Dionne. The book is ready for pe-order the book right now!