Falling from the Sky

by Brad Listi, Kate Holden, Kristopher Young

Cutting edge fiction for cutting edge minds. Thirty-seven voices from around the world come together to bring you forty-six stories that defy easy categorization: grit-lit, urban, surrealist, raw, outsider, bizarro, fringe, experimental. Subtle, yet in your face. This anthology is not for the faint of heart - it takes chances, and so should you. Featuring new fiction from authors hailing from the United States, Japan, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Includes stories by: Brad Listi (Attention. Deficit. Disorder.), Kate Holden (In My Skin), Tony O'Neill (Digging the Vein), Kristopher Young (Click), Jeremy Robert Johnson (Angel Dust Apocalypse), Carlton Mellick III (Satan Burger), Daniel Scott Buck (The Greatest Show on Earth), Henry Baum (Oscar Calibur Gun), Kevin Donihe (Shall We Gather at the Garden), Kenji Siratori (Blood Electric), Gina Ranalli (Chemical Gardens), Chris Roberts and many more


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Genres: Bizarro Fiction, Short Stories

312 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2007

About the author

Brad Listi is the author of the novel Be Brief and Tell Them Everything (Ig Publishing / May 2022). His other books include the novel Attention. Deficit. Disorder., an LA Times bestseller, and Board, a work of nonfiction collage, co-authored with Justin Benton. He is the founding editor of The Nervous Breakdown, an online literary magazine, and in 2011 he launched the Otherppl podcast, which features in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. He lives in Los Angeles.

Reviews

[Kristina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Full disclosure - I’m one of the authors, but truly enjoyed each and every short story in this anthology!

[Donald Armfield · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this anthology you find a little bit of everything. kinda like ordering a Poo Poo Platter from a Chinese restaurant.
Reflected by John Hines Jr. A first person, trip with a drug that puts into a new mind state.
Family Dinner by Daniel Scott Buck. A family dinner with hate thrown across the table from the strange people who sit at it. Sister stroking and pampering a plastic baby doll its real she says.
Chris Roberts has to stories in this anthology his style is something very different. kinda a poetic sense. Plastic Meow & Millicent A GREAT READ! other stories I enjoyed
-Im dreaming of a white Xmas
-Untitled by anonymous
-God on TV by CM3
-The Jukebox.....
-Death in Large Numbers by Stephen J. Anderson
-nightmare and dreamscape by Agni Kudra.
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[Andrea · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the best short story collections I have ever read. Nice because the stories are brief so if you don't like a story, it's over pretty quickly, and if you find one you like, you can really dig in. Lots of cool stories here. I'll be checking out a few of the authors to find more of their work.

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cover artist and two stories within. Admittedly a little biased on this one, but a really great collection nonetheless. Read every story, and each of them is unique and marvelous. Great concept. No theme. Each story an absolute surprise. Worth so much more than the tiny cover price. Good read!

[Bradley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have a story in this one. It is called "Outside."

[Henry · Rating 5 out of 5]

In it.