Pretty excited that this anthology (something I’ve wanted...

Pretty excited that this anthology (something I’ve wanted to edit since 1999) is going to the printers on Friday. It will be ready in time for AWP, so look for Press 53 at Booth 766 on the main floor.

Stories included:

Lee K. Abbott, “As Fate Would Have It”

Rusty Barnes, “Barely Light”

Victoria Barrett, “Better as a Wish”

Robert Boswell, “Sleeping in Bars”

Karen Brown, “Beautiful”

Eugene Cross, “Hunters”

Jennine Capó Crucet, “Men Who Punched Me in the Face”

Murray Dunlap, “The Black Oyster”

Roxane Gay, “Girls at the Bar”

Becky Hagenston, “Good Listener”

Holly Goddard Jones, “The Right Way to End a Story”

Victoria Lancelotta, “In Bars”

Sarah Layden, “Marv’s 11 Steps”

John McNally, “The Memoirist”

Kyle Minor, “The Navy Man”

Debra Monroe, “Have a Ball”

Darlin’Neal, “Once Upon a Time on Bourbon Street”

Michael Parker, “Muddy Water, Turn to Wine”

Victoria Patterson, “The Alcoholic Case of Miss Violet Louise Stokes”

Andrew Roe, “Lonely Man Sitting at Bar”

Jared Yates Sexton, “A Man Gets Tired”

Chad Simpson, “Tell Everyone I Said Hi”

Anne Valente, “Where There is Rain”

Richard Yañez, “Good Time”