This Is How He Learned To Love

by Randall Brown

First runner-up in the Sonder Press 2018 Chapbook Competition, Randall Brown's This Is How He Learned To Love, is a masterfully crafted collection of 37 brief, yet luminous fictions. Brown's prose is spare, and as delicately rendered as the windows he grants into the worlds of his characters, yet the stories gathered here are deeply, utterly resonant. This Is How He Learned To Love captures the true vastness of the human heart--its susceptibility and perseverance; its resilience; and, above all, its indelible, persistent yearning for connection.

Genres: Flash Fiction

88 pages, Paperback

First published November 26, 2019

About the author

Randall Brown is the author of the award winning collection MAD TO LIVE, his essay on (very) short fiction appears in THE ROSE METAL PRESS FIELD GUIDE TO WRITING FLASH FICTION, and he appears in BEST SMALL FICTIONS 2015, 2017, & 2019 and The Norton Anthologies FLASH FICTION: AMERICA, NEW MICRO: EXCEPTIONALLY SHORT FICTION & HINT FICITON; also, his essays appeared in Grey House's CRITICAL INSIGHTS: AMERICAN SHORT STORY & CRITICAL INSIGHTS: FLASH FICTION. He founded and directs FlashFiction.Net and has been published and anthologized widely, both online and in print. Recent book include the flash fiction collection THIS IS HOW HE LEARNED TO LOVE (Sonders Press 2019), the prose poetry collection I MIGHT NEVER LEARN (Finishing Line Press 2018) and the novella HOW LONG IS FOREVER (Running Wild Press 2018). He is also the founder and managing editor of Matter Press and its JOURNAL OF COMPRESSED CREATIVE ARTS. He received his MFA in Fiction from Vermont College.

Reviews

[Chelsea Stickle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was only supposed to read one or two of these stories before moving on to something else, but I ended up reading all of them in one sitting. These stories are short, engaging and linger long after you've finished.

[Tommy Dean · Rating 5 out of 5]

A collection of micro fiction where Brown showcases his wit, his use of language to create poignancy.