"[A] bit radical, a bit madcap ..."- Kristine Fisher
"[K]ept my attention rapt from start to finish ..."- David Styles
"[T]he complexity and diversity of the characters creates a range of reactions during reading [allowing] each tale to shine on its own merits ..."- December Cuccaro, Heavy Feather Review
"Every character ... feels like someone you might've known in real life."- Anna Codutti, Tulsa World
"Beautifully written with not a foot put wrong ..."- AJ Hayes,
Curated by Zachary Amendt, FRESH gathers sixteen new works of literary distinctionand merit into one pathbreaking anthology.Featuring selections from emerging writersincluding Christopher Connor, Gray Oxfordand Amanda Marbais, this panoramic volumeoffers a rare glimpse into the breadth, promiseand relevancy of contemporary fiction in theUnited States and abroad.
About the Author: Kevin Lee Peterson lives in Nashville, Tennessee. He is a graduate of Columbia University.
E. M. Stormo is a fiction editor by day, writer by night. His work has appeared in The Conium Review, 404 Words, Pure Slush, and elsewhere.
Steve Slavin short story collection, "To the city, with love," was recently published.
Tantra Bensko teaches fiction writing with UCLA Extension Writing Program. Her Agents of the Nevermind series explores social engineering through mind control, false flags, hypnosis, secret societies, cults, and disinformation.
David Mathew is the author of twelve books, most recently Ventriloquists, O My Days and Sick Dice (all Montag)
Kenneth Levine's short stories have been published in New Plains Review, Anak Sastra, Thuglit, Imaginaire, Skewed Lit, Jerry Jazz Musician, and an anthology entitled Twisted.
Connor de Bruler first two novels (Tree Black and The Mountain Devils) were published by Montag Press.
Amanda Marbais is the author of A Taxonomy of Lies (Bottlecap Press, 2016).
Mike Sauve has written non-fiction for The National Post, Variety, Exclaim! Magazine and HTML Giant. His fiction has appeared in McSweeney's and elsewhere. His novels The Wraith of Skrellman and The Apocalypse of Lloyd are available from Montag Press.
Christopher Connor story The Last Best Place, published in the Mid-American Review, was selected by Daniel Chacon as a 2014 AWP Intro Journals Project Winner.
This is Gray Oxford's writing debut.
Marko Vignjevic writing history includes The Premiere, Cycle No.1, a winner of the Zavetine Literary Award, and Writings of a Wretch, a vignette, published by Black Leaf in 2009.
Zachary Amendt was a 2015 Million Writers Award finalist for the title story in his debut collection, Stay. His stories have been featured in The Masters Review, Dzanc Books, Underground Voices, Phantom Drift and Saint Mary's Magazine. He is the author of Liquidating Perry, a recollection.
Johnny Walton lives in San Diego. His last book, Moonlighter, made the Amazon top 100,000 for two weeks straight.
Connye Griffin is the author of a tale imagining one dark branch of the human tree.
Trevor D. Richardson has written short stories published in magazines including Word Riot, Underground Voices, and a science fiction anthology called Doomology: The Dawning of Disasters.
