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Whitney Collins

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http://www.whitneycollins.com

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@big_bad_stories

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Whitney is the author of RICKY & OTHER LOVE STORIES (Sarabande, 2024) and BIG BAD (Sarabande, 2021), which won the 2019 Mary McCarthy Prize, a 2021 Bronze INDIES, and a 2022 Gold IPPY.

She is the recipient of a Best American Short Stories 2022 Distinguished Story, a 2020 Pushcart Prize, a 2020 Pushcart Prize Special Mention and winner the 2020 American Short(er) Fiction Prize and the 2021 ProForma Contest.

Her stories have appeared in American Short Fiction, AGNI, The Idaho Review, Gulf Coast, and The Best Small Fictions 2022, among others.

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Average rating: 3.57 · 536 ratings · 92 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Volume 0: Issue Two by Marian Crotty, Lisa Unger (Goodreads Author), Quan Barry 3.38 avg rating — 413 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
	Big Bad 4.26 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2021 — 2 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
	Ricky (Series in Kentucky Literature) 4.06 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2024 — 2 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
	"The brute of Berlin.": A story of the Belgian invasion in three acts 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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Whitney Collins liked Tracy's review of Ricky (Series in Kentucky Literature): "Funny, biting! I had the same kind of feeling reading this collection as I did Roxane Gay’s DIFFICULT WOMEN."
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Whitney Collins rated a book it was amazing Twilight of the Gods by Kurt Baumeister (Goodreads Author)	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
In Kurt Baumeister’s sprawling, hilarious, and outrageously timely Twilight of the Gods, readers are gifted with an alternate world history lesson that stars Norse rivals Loki (the mischievous son) and Odin (the Nazi-sympathizing father). Chock full ...more
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Whitney Collins rated a book it was amazing Back to Blue Holly: A Novel by Beth Pride (Goodreads Author)	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
It’s the rare book that engages readers on multiple levels, but Beth Pride‘s expertly crafted debut novel, Back to Blue Holly, is riveting from the get-go, with its captivating plot, people, place, and pace. Also? It’s somehow both hilarious but seri ...more
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Whitney Collins rated a book it was amazing Volume 0: Issue Two by Marian Crotty	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
I’m so grateful to be included in this magazine with such great company. I love nothing more than a “short, strange, sexy”story, and that’s certainly what we have here! Sharp little snippets of literature to get you thinking…and maybe even gasping. T ...more
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Whitney Collins rated a book it was amazing The Body Is A Temporary Gathering Place by Andrew Bertaina (Goodreads Author)	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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Whitney Collins made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — This book is not mine, please move it (part 18) topic " Hello, My name is Whitney Collins. I am an author and I wrote BIG BAD and RICKY & OTHER LOVE STORIES. I did not write: https://www.goodreads.com/book/s ...more "
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