Overview
A new short story from the mind of author Garrett Francis. Since his wife's death, Luke's father has been taking more and more sips from his flask. And Luke's not sure if he likes that. He's also not sure if he likes how people treat him differently now, or if he likes how his dad and Mr. Xavier treat certain customers. Luke's not sure of a lot yet, but he's learning, and that might just be the saddest bit. Set in 1962 Arkansas, ""Flask"" is a story told through the eyes of an eight-year-old about death, grief, race, and not just where it is we run when we run away, but to whom. If you enjoy short stories from any of the following authors, ""Flask"" might just resonate with you: Caitlin Horrocks, Adam Johnson, Alice Walker, Raymond Carver, Colum McCann, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jim Harrison, and Karen Russell. ""Flask"" is a story from Strays Like Us, a collection of ten standalone short stories exploring what it means to grow up in America.
Full Product Details
Author: Garrett Francis
Publisher: 5626 Press
Imprint: 5626 Press
Dimensions:
Width: 13.30cm
, Height: 0.30cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.045kg
ISBN: 9781733817165
ISBN 10: 1733817166
Pages: 36
Publication Date: 12 November 2024
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
""A significant talent, fearless, natural, and hard to classify."" -David Ebershoff, author of The Danish Girl ""A power house of a fiction writer. Poetic and raw, imaginative and real, Garrett is blessed with a literary talent that many can only dream of."" -Claudia Befu-Ibarra, author of Story Voyager ""Garrett Francis' fiction isn't only immersive, but is also tremendously cinematic. You literally feel yourself in a spectacular movie."" -Nadia Gerassimenko, author of when hope writes ""One of the author's greatest strengths is in writing characters that are truly complex. He never does exactly what you'd expect, and for me, that's what makes them so human and Francis so good at what he does."" -Amazon Reader
Author Information
Garrett Francis is the author of the novel And in the Dark They Are Born and the short story collection Strays Like Us. He grew up on a small farm in Michigan and earned his B.A. in Creative Writing from Grand Valley State University. In 2012, Garrett co-founded Squalorly, a digital literary journal of the Midwest and served as its nonfiction editor until 2014. In 2016, founded Orson's Publishing in 2016, a micro press and served as the press's sole editor (and designer, and publicist, among other roles) until its closure in 2020, publishing four book-length works by new and emerging authors.He also founded Orson's Review in 2017, a digital literary journal that served as a companion to its parent press, publishing fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and photography. He served as the sole editor of Orson's Review as well, and is proud to have helped bring the work of over 70 international contributors to life.Today, Garrett lives in the Pacific Northwest with his family. Short works of his have been published in literary journals like Midwestern Gothic, Barely South Review, Whiskeypaper and Monkeybicycle.
