Marguerite Sheffer

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@jdclappwrites (@CowboyJamboree) Horror Library Vol. 1 (@DarkMoonBooks) @andrewbertaina (@barrelhouse) @andrewbertaina (autofocus) @ElfordAlley (Desert Creek Publishing) @mlensheffer (@UIowaPress) @sclly21 (@EmergeJournal) Gemma Files (@DarkMoonBooks)

The first selections for fall reading have been made 👇 @emilylauracosta (@rejectionlit) @SteveKgb2003 (@SouthernmostQu1) @cshrumly (@thealienbuddha) Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi (@pizamapress) @WhatHoARat (@InfoHeresy) @gianoc (@TortoiseBooks) @thedrevlow (@CowboyJamboree)

“The fog is unreasonable—thick and too chilly for summer—on my morning bike ride to Bertha’s Breakfast Buffet, where I’m lead server and manager.“ Read from @mlensheffer’s new story collection, The Man in the Banana Trees. lithub.com/local-specialt…

.@CECordasco interviewed @mlensheffer on Rejection, Experimentation, the Power of Short Stories, and Her Debut Collection, “The Man in the Banana Trees” 🌴 Read here ↓ writeordiemag.com/author-intervi…

Pete is thrilled to share these episodes with the stellar @mlensheffer, @carvellwallace, @lydiakiesling, @KeithOB, @daxdev, @DanGutmanBooks, and David Ebenbach! All episodes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the… Listen to this wk's episode, w/ Fernanda Trías: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi…

I loved talking to Vanessa about her weird, smart, funny, feminist climate novel. Go read The Flat Woman.

Short story collections are too often overlooked, so we’re highlighting some of our favorite debut collections of the year! buff.ly/3V2TuuQ

@chillsatwillpo1 @JamilJanKochai Thank you for the rad conversation!

When @JamilJanKochai talks, Pete is listening! Re: @mlensheffer The Man in the Banana Trees, Jamil wrote: “[It] kicks ass. Every story is a surprise.” What a dynamite collection-the skill, varied storylines, and endings left Pete reeling & still reflecting. Episode up Dec 3!

Due to things getting all Nazi-lite on this site, we have gone ahead and moved somewhere, where the skies are bluer :)

But while we are here... Our next event is this Friday 11/22 at Sports Drink! We will be there from 12 PM to 2 PM, getting some words on the page and socializing with peers. We hope to see you there :)

"That’s the question Damon (Earth-X) and Marissa (Earth-Y) were tasked with answering, but they were busy eye-fucking each other." New short fiction today by @DeeCherryWriter : "What Happens What Happens When a Planet Falls From the Sky?" ☄️apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/…

Here are The Best Debut Books of 2024 (So Far) according to @vitcavage. Ft. @christinajcooke, @andymintan, @vanjchan, @alex___tanner, @borywrites, @pulomeow, @frumpenberg, @JessieRenM, @laurachowfun, @melmogollon, @temim, and more! debutiful.net/2024/06/17/the…

For her @lithub column, NBCC Co-Vice President/Events @janeciab talked craft with @mlensheffer, whose "The Man in the Banana Trees" won the Iowa Short Fiction Award: buff.ly/3UUsVb7

Book two coming Feb 2026. Novella debut. First Publishers Marketplace announcement. Dumbfounded. Thank you @splitlippress 📹👻🐙🧜‍♀️🧛🧟

Add a November new release to your TBR list! southernreviewofbooks.com/2024/11/12/bes…

Today the @randolphmfa is thrilled to welcome poet and artist Shira Erlichman as a guest faculty member for the coming winter residency and spring term. Welcome to Randolph MFA, @sheer_awe !!!

@janeciab @lithub Thank you! @janeciab

.@mlensheffer 's #IowaShortFiction award winner is a continuous speculative surprise with ghosts, a love triangle among scientific researchers, Unicorn tapestries, an artists’ colony in the Gulf South, a tiger, and a yellow ball python. lithub.com/marguerite-she… via @lithub

.@mlensheffer talks to @janeciab about symbolism, writing across time, and crafting the short story. lithub.com/marguerite-she…