We're taking heed of the passing of a couple of writers whose work meant a lot to many people based on the pouring out of social media love, and have decided to not simply review books we've just read, but to on a regular basis post about writers we love while they might still see it and realize there are are some out there enjoying their words.
Colin Fleming is one of the more unique writers around. He works in both fiction and non, with the non-fiction being wildly varying in topics that he's extremely well-versed in. To date he's published three short story collections:
Dark March: Stories for When the Rest of the World is Asleep, published by Outpost 19 in June 2013, with this blurb from Richard Burgin, editor of Boulevard, "Colin Fleming is one of the truly exciting and significant writers of his generation."
Between Cloud and Horizon: A Relationship Casebook in Stories, published by Texas Review Press in August 2013, the description of which notes: "It is an exposé—in narrative—of what binds—or breaks—the bonds between fathers and sons, partners in crime, brothers, roommates, bandmates, co-workers, the past and the present, man and machine, the living and the dead, book and reader."
The Anglerfish Comedy Troupe: Stories from the Abyss, published by Dzanc Books in August 2015, with the description noting: "In eighteen thematically linked stories, Colin Fleming explores the ways in which relationships end, with a focus on the void a loved one leaves behind.... Through magical realism and extended metaphor, Fleming explores the epiphenomena of failed relationships, the flotsam left behind in the wreckage of life as it was."
And none of these collections includes the story he published In Harper's in 2018, nor a dozen plus fantastic works. Beyond all this wonderful fiction, Fleming regularly publishes on topics such as music, film, literature, sports, art, The Beatles, and writes op-eds for outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, USA Today, The San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times.
He's got a trio of books under contract now--a collection of short fiction to soon be published, a non-fiction work on Scrooge to come later this year, and a 33 1/3 series book on Sam Cooke Live at The Harlem Square 1963 that looks like a 2020 title. He's also got at least two more story collections, the vast bulk of a novel, and the only Beatles book I'm looking forward to reading sometime down the line. He's a writer well worth your time reading.
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