Mud Flat Press Is Proud to Announce the Publication of Jack Butler’s Firefish: The Collected Poems
When Gabi and I were publishing Mississippi Arts & Letters in the 1980s we had the great good luck to have a poetry editor, Larry Johnson, who knew more about literature than anyone we had ever known, and who introduced us to the works of a slew of great poetry and fiction writers. The … Read more
Mud Flat Press Short Stories: Kathleen O’Shaunessy’s “Fryer Fee Folly”
Many people who have read books from Mud Flat Press do not know that we also occasionally publish short stories on our website. See https://mudflatpress.com/short-stories/ Featured on the site are entertaining, humorous and thought-provoking short stories by Jack Butler, Alec Clayton, Christon Carvajal, Ricker Winsor, Leah Mueller, and the latest is Kathleen O’Shaunessy’s delightful “Fryer … Read more
Creating (hopefully) Memorable Characters
It takes me a year or two to write a novel, which means I spend that much time getting to know each of the characters in my novels. And then I forget about them. I go on to my next novel and a new set of characters, and tend to forget the earlier ones. Literally. … Read more
Mud Flat Verse Lit Chats scheduled for January 27 and 31
We have scheduled two Mud Flat Press Lit Chats featuring Mud Flat Verse. Our Lit Chats are events on Zoom of one to two hours in length in which writers talk about their work with readers and fellow writers. We are having Mud Flat Verse Lit Chats on two days so that more poets and readers will be able to … Read more
New Books In the Works
I just finished the third complete rewrite of my latest novel, The Descendants of the Pirate Pegleg Josiah Johnson. Before we can publish it, Gabi Clayton has to edit it and design the cover, and before that, we have to publish two new books we’re working on: Mud Flate Verse, a collection of poems by … Read more
Fourteen first sentences by Alec Clayton
“Painting can be an evil mistress. She can love you tender and she can love you raunchy, and she can rip your guts apart.” — Until the Dawn (fiction by Alec Clayton, 2000) “Art has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.” — As If Art Matters – Modern … Read more
Mud Flat Press’ Lit Chat #1 – Alec Clayton’s Locked In
Our first Lit Chat on October 1, 2023 was a reading from and discussion with Alec Clayton about his novel, Locked In, the story of newspaperman Willie Ray Rivers’ fight for justice in the little town of Hub City, Mississippi. Completely paralyzed and unable to talk after a stroke, Willie Ray’s story is told through … Read more