Juri Nummelin reports that the third issue of his flash fiction magazine Ässä is about to be unleashed upon the Finnish-speaking world. This time around, Ässä features translations of short-shorts by Joe R. Lansdale, Sandra Scoppettone, James McGowan, Patti Abbott, Paul “Braz Knuckles” Brazill and yours truly in addition to new writing by Tapani Bagge and Juri himself.
Cool thing #1: “One More Mess” is the first of my stories ever to be translated into another language. I'm still riding the buzz from that.
Cool thing #2: I have a story in the same magazine as Joe R. Lansdale, author of the "Hap and Leonard" series and Bubba Ho-Tep. That's not to say any of the other featured writers are slouches. They're all damn good. But I've admired Lansdale's work for at least twenty years and it's a treat to share literary space with him, even though I can't read a word of Finnish.
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Congrats, Patrick. The Bottoms is one of my favorite novels. He's tops.
Congrats Patrick.
That's good stuff and a great bunch of company to be sharing paper with. Congrats, Patrick!
Jeez. Thanks for the heads up Patrick. I'm amazed to be in such classy company. Very excited!
Y'know, I think Patti's had enough shorts published that now she ought to think about putting together a collection and submitting it.
Patrick:
Is this something that can be purchased on the street, like a bookstore. I've a friend stationed in Fin.
Kieran, I forwarded your question to Juri because I don't have a clue. As usual.
Man, what a lineup! Congrats!
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