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Covenants
In these 14 flash stories, you'll find characters risking their lives and striving in a dystopian world. Will they flourish and crumble like the buildings around them? Dean writes with sharp prose and keen insights into the desires and challenges of being human in a disappearing world.
Tommy Dean is the author of two flash fiction chapbooks Special Like the People on TV (Redbird Chapbooks, 2014) and Covenants (ELJ Editions, 2021). Hollows, A collection of flash fiction is forthcoming from Alternating Current Press. He lives in Indiana where he currently is the Editor at Fractured Lit and Uncharted Magazine. A graduate of the Queens University of Charlotte MFA program, he is currently working on a novel. A recipient of the 2019 Lascaux Prize in Short Fiction, his writing can be found in Best Microfiction 2019 and 2020, Best Small Fiction 2019, Monkeybicycle, and the Atticus Review. He taught writing workshops for the Gotham Writers Workshop, the Barrelhouse Conversations and Connections conference, and The Writers Workshop. Find him at tommydeanwriter.com and on Twitter @TommyDeanWriter.
Tommy Dean is the author of two flash fiction chapbooks Special Like the People on TV (Redbird Chapbooks, 2014) and Covenants (ELJ Editions, 2021). Hollows, A collection of flash fiction is forthcoming from Alternating Current Press. He lives in Indiana where he currently is the Editor at Fractured Lit and Uncharted Magazine. A graduate of the Queens University of Charlotte MFA program, he is currently working on a novel. A recipient of the 2019 Lascaux Prize in Short Fiction, his writing can be found in Best Microfiction 2019 and 2020, Best Small Fiction 2019, Monkeybicycle, and the Atticus Review. He taught writing workshops for the Gotham Writers Workshop, the Barrelhouse Conversations and Connections conference, and The Writers Workshop. Find him at tommydeanwriter.com and on Twitter @TommyDeanWriter.
28 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2021
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January 14, 2022
Tragic endings are sprinkled with precious glimmers of hope in this gorgeous collection by Tommy Dean. Brilliantly written, each story lingers long after you’ve turned the final page. Haunting and incredibly beautiful. Highly recommend.
February 26, 2022
A fantastic collection. These short but powerful stories are all too relevant in today's clime as we face disasters due to climate change or political upheaval. Tommy Dean has channeled the zeitgeist of this era into tiny, gem-like stories, many no more than a page long. Fans of flash and micro fiction will thoroughly enjoy this one.
February 19, 2022
Great flash fiction collection. Fourteen short pieces that stick in your mind for a long time… I especially keep thinking about “When the Waters Came” and wonder what might have happened next, which is what I love about flash. It’s so brief that you almost get to take ownership of the stories and let your imagination run away with them.
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