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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
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
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
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