Mud Flat Press’ Lit Chat #2 – Charlie Berger’s memoir Born to Go with Charlie Berger and Erin Donahue

Join us on Zoom for Mud Flat Press’ Lit Chat #2, a reading from and discussion of Charlie Berger’s memoir Born to Go with Charlie Berger and Erin Donahue. Sunday, Oct. 15 at 3 p.m. Pacific time.

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

Mud Flat Press Presents a Lit Chat with Alec Clayton on His Latest Novel Locked In

MFP’s Lit Chat series kicks off with a discussion of Alec Clayton’s latest 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 his thoughts and memories. The reader … Read more

HOT OFF THE PRESS — Mud Flat Press Publishes Two Books in One Day!

We are thrilled to announce that we have published two new books today: BORN TO GO, a memoir by Charlie Berger with Erin Donahue, and LOCKED IN, a new novel by Alec Clayton. BORN TO GO “Whether you are an adventure junkie, an exotic animal lover or just appreciate a darn good yarn, read Born To … Read more

About My Writing — by Anne Nayer, one of the authors in the anthology Mud Flat Shorts (mostly fiction)

I have written all my life beginning as an 8-year-old sitting on a park bench in New York City scribbling tales of Pegasus and flying through the sky and, over the past 10 years, writing a weekly 5-minute Postcard from Paradise – a radio spot for our local NPR station, but it wasn’t until Alec … Read more

Meet the authors of the anthology Mud Flat Shorts (mostly fiction) at two events on Zoom

In these two Mud Flat Press events, each writer will have a short time to talk, and then there will be time for comments and questions from participants. There are thirty-one stories by nineteen writers in our new anthology Mud Flat Shorts (mostly fiction) with stories of love and of war, sci-fi tales, stories of … Read more

CK Combs answers our call to writers in Mud Flat Shorts (mostly fiction) to write about their stories.

When Gabi and Alec invited me to submit something for their upcoming anthology, I thought it was a great opportunity, but the timing was awful. During that month, I was finishing a major draft of my first novel and had carpal tunnel surgery on my wrists. I really wasn’t sure I’d be able to participate. … Read more

On writing “The Death of R&J,” “Selling the Fishing Camp” and “Josephine and the Tiger”

Mud Flat Press co-owner Alec Clayton has two short stories and a short novel excerpt in Mud Flat Shorts (mostly fiction). Here’s Alec musing on the writing of these stories: I didn’t plan it this way, but all three of these stories are about death, yet they are not without a lot of laughs. The … Read more