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by Sherrie Flick (Author)
New flash fiction collection by Sherrie Flick, coeditor of Flash Fiction America and author of Thank Your Lucky Stars and Whiskey, Etc., a Foreword INDIES bronze prize for best story collection.
I Have Not Considered Consequences delves into the complexities of grief, desire, and a peculiar intersection between humans and bears. Flick's evocative and thought-provoking stories follow characters like Bobby, a local home inspector who zips into a bear suit on his daily rounds, and a Gen-X couple, Matty and Trudy, navigating the ups and downs of their adult lives, from a dead fish named Patti Smith to dashed dreams of indie rock stardom. Women wander through small-town streets as they ponder love, allegiance, and Edith Wharton.
In Flick's world, bears don't just roam the wild--they play basketball, dance, and even work as midlevel business professionals. Through this memorable cast of characters, Flick reveals intriguing secrets about humanity and yearning with her signature blend of stark honesty and humor.
Author Biography
Sherrie Flick is the author of the short story collections, I Have Not Considered Consequences, Thank Your Lucky Stars, and Whiskey, Etc. (all published by Autumn House Press), the novel Reconsidering Happiness (University of Nebraska Press), and the essay collection Homing: Instincts of a Rustbelt Feminist (University of Nebraska Press). Whiskey, Etc. was the winner of the Foreword INDIES bronze prize and named one of Entropy's Best Fiction Books of 2016. A story from Thank Your Lucky Stars was performed at Symphony Space and aired on NPR's Selected Shorts. She served as coeditor of the anthology Flash Fiction America (W. W. Norton) with James Thomas and John Dufresne and was series editor for The Best Small Fictions 2018 with guest editor Aimee Bender. She is the recipient of a 2023 Creative Development Award from The Heinz Endowments and a Writing Pittsburgh fellowship from The Creative Nonfiction Foundation. She lives in Pittsburgh where she is a senior lecturer at Chatham University and a member of Shiftworks' Creative Corps.
