Off To The Next Wherever
My third collection of short stories was published in April of 2017 by Fomite https://fomitepress.com/
The stories in Off To The Next Wherever examine desires to know those greener pastures, that comfort zone, a lasting sense of rootedness and belonging just around the next bend. They speak of wanderlust as solace, of place as identity, grounded in the question of how to live beyond mere survival as we make tracks inward or else try to escape from ourselves. https://fomitepress.com/off-to-the-next-wherever.html
This collection followed Dreaming Rodin, and Something Grand.
From the Fomite website
The stories in Off To The Next Wherever examine desires to know those greener pastures, that comfort zone, a lasting sense of rootedness and belonging just around the next bend. They speak of wanderlust as solace, of place as identity, grounded in the question of how to live beyond mere survival as we make tracks inward or else try to escape from ourselves.
“Flynn offers a rare breadth of experience –around the world and at home.”
Kathleen Coskran, author of The High Price Of Everything
https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780898231021
Below find more from the review by Kathleen Coskran:
The longest story in the collection, “A Question for the Devil's Rope,” narrated by a Hmong-American artist on a road trip with her boyfriend, opens with her question, “Is Freedom Possible.” As they drive west from Virginia, heading for Taos, the question looms at every stop, a bit like a mirage that pulls you relentlessly forward towards a place you can never reach — and the question is still hanging out there at the end. Many of the stories are like this — a movement with uncertain resolution — a lot like life, which may be the point of Off to the Next Wherever.
You can find Ms. Coskran's complete review here: https://peacecorpsworldwide.org/review-off-to-the-nextwherever/
And please see Dr. Benjamin Sloan's review published in the journal, Rain Taxi.
For those who are teachers, or want to be, and anyone interested in what life was like for young and old in Ukraine, Moldova and throughout the former republics during the dismal early years of the collapse of the Soviet Union, Apron And Shawl And Housedress is a story you will, I hope, enjoy. It's part of the collection, and it was first published in Issue #13 of Superstition Review, at Arizona State University.
Superstition Review also features a link to an iTunes audio podcast of me reading the story.
Find it here: https://blog.superstitionreview.asu.edu/tag/ basil-rosa/
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