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In 2007, Fletcher Wortmann was diagnosed with crippling Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), characterized by runaway intrusive thoughts with no visible compulsions. After receiving treatment at the McLean Hospital OCD Institute, Fletcher went on to receive his BA in English Literature from Swarthmore College in 2009; he wrote his senior thesis on the evolution of the superhero in American culture.

Fletcher lives and writes in Philadelphia, PA and is working toward his MFA in Creative Writing at Temple University. Fletcher also performs with the New York/Philadelphia-based sketch comedy group The Disappointments. He remains cautiously optimistic.


Average rating: 3.43 · 176 ratings · 49 reviews · 1 distinct work · Similar authors
Triggered: A Memoir of Obse...
3.43 of 5 stars 3.43 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions

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Saturday by Ian McEwan
Saturday
by Ian McEwan
read in May, 2013
This book annoyed me.

To give credit where credit is due: McEwan's prose is exquisite, and the reason I can't in good conscience give this book less than three stars. If you appreciate beautiful writing, you owe it to yourself to read McEwan.

But perha...more
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Voodoo Heart by Scott Snyder
Voodoo Heart
by Scott Snyder (Goodreads Author)
read in April, 2013
One of most frustrating things about studying literature in college is that it robs a lot of the magic from fiction. You get a sense of how everything fits together, you understand how certain ideas and techniques combine to achieve a certain effect,...more
Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart
Absurdistan
by Gary Shteyngart
read in March, 2013
Crash by J.G. Ballard
Crash
by J.G. Ballard
read in February, 2013
Here's what you need to know about Crash:

1) If you read this you get to be a douche to Chuck Palahniuk fans. If you're at a party and someone starts talking about Haunted or the pool story with the butt stuff, you know the one I'm talking about, you...more
President of Vice by The Onion
How can I give this book anything but 5 stars? How could any right-thinking American? Merely purchasing the ebook it has caused my reader to smell faintly of Acqua di Gio, and inspired beautiful women to come up and stroke the casing without quite un...more
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"Michelle, I'm not sure where you got "fictionalized" from, and I hope your reference to Biden 'scorning' poon is a typo because otherwise it is litera...more "
More of Fletcher's books…
“An institution is right or it is wrong. One that cannot accept dinosaur bones is one that cannot be trusted on more important matters.”
Fletcher Wortmann, Triggered: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

“Tell me: How do you know that you won't be killed by a falling meteor? How do you know that you shut off the toaster oven this morning? That one of the seething millions of bacteria on your hands will not kill you? That your friends don't all secretly hate you? Do you have a religion? Do you have right religion? Are you sure? Are you a pedophile, a necrophiliac, a rapist? A murderer? How can you know that these tendencies do not dwell latent inside you, waiting for the right moment to evince themselves in the most horrific manner possible? How do you know that you are not a monster? How do you know that it isn't the end of the world?”
Fletcher Wortmann, Triggered: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder




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