{"product_id":"my-very-end-of-the-universe-five-novellas-in-flash-and-a-study-of-the-form-paperback","title":"My Very End of the Universe: Five Novellas-In-Flash and a Study of the Form - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris Bower\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMargaret Patton Chapman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTiff Holland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMY VERY END OF THE UNIVERSE is a celebration and study of an increasingly popular genre: the novella-in-flash, a novella built of standalone flash stories. The novellas in this collection--\u003cem\u003eBetty Superman\u003c\/em\u003e by Tiff Holland, \u003cem\u003eHere, Where We Live\u003c\/em\u003e by Meg Pokrass, \u003cem\u003eShampoo Horns\u003c\/em\u003e by Aaron Teel, \u003cem\u003eBell and Bargain\u003c\/em\u003e by Margaret Patton Chapman, and \u003cem\u003eThe Family Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e by Chris Bower--are compact and specific, yet whole and universal, using the flexibility of the genre to offer a polyphony of setting and emotion. Accompanying each novella-in-flash is a craft essay by the author exploring the form's power, uses, and unique characteristics. The book opens with a genre-defining introduction to the novella-in-flash by editors Abigail Beckel and Kathleen Rooney, which also offers historical and contemporary context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChris Bower is a writer and teacher based in Chicago. He is the curator and host of the Ray's Tap Reading Series and a founding member of Found Objects Theatre Group. \u003cem\u003eLittle Boy Needs Ride\u003c\/em\u003e, his book of short stories with illustrations by Susie Kirkwood, is forthcoming in 2015 from Curbside Splendor Publishing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMargaret Patton Chapman received her MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her short fiction has appeared in \u003cem\u003eWigleaf, The Collagist, SmokeLong, Elimae\u003c\/em\u003e, and in the anthology \u003cem\u003eThe Way We Sleep\u003c\/em\u003e, among others. She is prose editor for \u003cem\u003edecomP\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, and currently lives in Durham, North Carolina. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTiff Holland is originally from Ohio. She attended The Center for Writers at the University of Southern Mississippi. Her poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction appear regularly in literary magazines and anthologies and have won several awards. Her novella-in-flash \u003cem\u003eBetty Superman\u003c\/em\u003e won the Rose Metal Press Fifth Annual Short Short Chapbook Contest in 2011. She has taught creative writing and literature at Kent State, University of Southern Mississippi, and Austin Community College. She currently lives in Hawaii. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeg Pokrass is the author of \u003cem\u003eDamn Sure Right\u003c\/em\u003e (Press 53, 2011) and \u003cem\u003eBird Envy\u003c\/em\u003e (Printed on Paige, 2014). Her flash fiction appears in 200 literary journals including \u003cem\u003eGreen Mountains Review, Five Points, storySouth, McSweeney's\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eFlash Fiction International\u003c\/em\u003e (W.W. Norton, 2015). Meg serves as associate editor for Rick Barthelme's \u003cem\u003eNew World Writing\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in San Francisco with a dog and two cats. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAaron Teel hails from Austin, Texas, and is currently an MFA fiction fellow at Washington University in St. Louis. His work has appeared previously in \u003cem\u003eTin House, Smokelong Quarterly, Monkeybicycle, Brevity\u003c\/em\u003e, and others. His novella-in-flash \u003cem\u003eShampoo Horns\u003c\/em\u003e won the Rose Metal Press Sixth Annual Short Short Chapbook Contest in 2012.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 06, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Independent Publisher Book Awards (2015)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763639320864,"sku":"9780988764583","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/39f41d81558d4d513cf324c6f34d1ab9.webp?v=1780237647","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/my-very-end-of-the-universe-five-novellas-in-flash-and-a-study-of-the-form-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}