Goodreads asked Ron A. Austin:

What are you currently working on?

Ron A. Austin My current project is called "Catacombs Incorporated." It's another collection of linked stories that can possibly masquerade as a novel. For me, the exciting part about this project is that it is both an inversion and complement to Avery Colt Is A Snake, A Thief, A Liar. Where Avery works on a baseline of low-concept realism, Catacombs works with high-concept surrealism, magic realism, and pretty much any other tradition that allows stuff to get strange. Where Avery focuses on a central experience, perhaps to the point of claustrophobia, Catacombs explores a range of characters and settings (though it still might get pretty claustrophobic). Another goal I have for Catacombs is centering women as heroines and backbones of community.

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