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Jen McConnell

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I am a fiction writer who dabbles in poetry.

My second book of short fiction, "Current Disasters," (2025) is now available from Roadside Press.

My debut short story collection, "Welcome, Anybody," was published by Press 53 in 2012.

Recent stories and poems have appeared in The Good Life Review, Burningword Journal, Bridge Eight and elsewhere.

I earned my MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College.
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Six Sentences

Now that Current Disasters is out in the world (get your copy here), I’m turning my writing attention to a novel-in-progress.

I’ve written the first draft and so now the hard part begins.

But I can never seem to shake the short form.

During a Zoom reading call F-Bomb with some fabulous writers and poets, I heard about a lit site that publishes only six-sentence stories.

Hmmm, I thought, I bet I have

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Couldn’t put it down! Creepy in all the right ways but also gives us hope that bad things can’t last forever.
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"I highly recommend this book to lovers of thoughtful, eloquent short stories and flash fiction. In her previous book the characters of each story are threaded together by this deep sense of melancholy, a longing for connection. Here though, the stori" Read more of this review »
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"Fantastic collection of stories!
I am a particular fan of "The Milkbone Deposition" as I am a mail carrier and can totally relate to it! I also really enjoyed "Worry, Incorporated" which reminded me of Philip K. Dick, whom I really enjoy! I also very " Read more of this review »
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