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Garrett Francis

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https://www.authorgarrettfrancis.com/

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Fiction, Memoir, Contemporary

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Caitlin Horrocks, Cormac McCarthy, Colum McCann, Dave Eggers, N.K. Jem ...more

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July 2023

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Garrett grew up on a small farm in Michigan and earned his B.A. in Creative Writing from Grand Valley State University.

In 2012, he 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 th ...more

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Photo Credit: Kelly Sikkema via UnsplashTakeout

We stood shapeless in front of the counter and he didn’t like that. Seconds after storming through the entrance, he raised his arms at the ten of us and punctured the silence of the last five minutes: “I know we’re in Seattle and lines don’t matter here but somebody tell me where the hell I'm supposed to stand.”

He was six-feet-tall, and narrow, w

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	And in the Dark They Are Born it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Q&A: a Short Story (Strays Like Us Book 5) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trisomy: a Short Story (Strays Like Us Book 1) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don't Sit Still : a Short Story (Strays Like Us Book 2) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Julio: Conqueror of the Crowbar: a Short Story (Strays Like Us Book 3) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Men of Action: a Short Story (Strays Like Us Book 4) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flask: a Short Story (Strays Like Us Book 6) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rasp: a Novella (Strays Like Us Book 7) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heel to Lung, Ear to Ear: a Short Story (Strays Like Us Book 8) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pass This Off As Love: a Short Story (Strays Like Us Book 9) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Garrett Francis wrote a new blog post Takeout Photo Credit: Kelly Sikkema via UnsplashTakeoutWe stood shapeless in front of the counter and he didn’t like that. Seconds after storming through the Read more of this blog post »
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Garrett Francis and 1 other person liked Troy Ford's review of And in the Dark They Are Born: "I love a good apocalypse story - this is a great one. It reminds me of Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" in the way it focuses on just two people, Reyn and Vitri, and the desperate loneliness that leads them to band together - with tragic results. Garrett" Read more of this review »
Mar 04, 2025 02:05PM · see review
Garrett Francis liked Nadia Gerassimenko's review of And in the Dark They Are Born: "And in the Dark They Are Born poignantly and thoughtfully explores the nuances and complexities of life-like humans in a cruel, ravaged world--the horrors they're willing to do to survive and protect their loved ones, the surprising kindness that gro" Read more of this review »
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