A #Literary Tribute: 13 Amazing #ShortStory #Collections Being Published in October

Dan Wickett co-founder of Dzanc Books posted on his FB page that there are 13 stories being published this month, including Pretend I'm Your Friend.  Many of them, as you see, are small press books, where interesting experiments are taking place. I am, therefore, declaring it Short Story Collection Month here at LROD. I will get some of these books featured here with author interviews in the Victory Over Rejection label, as many as I can. Perhaps you will take part in the month and buy a few to read and give as gifts, as 'tis almost the season.

Here is a list of books, authors, and publishing companies:

• The Great American Songbook by Sam Allingham - A Strange Object
• Pretend I'm Your Friend by MB Caschetta - Engine Books
• It Turns Out Like This by Stephen Coyne - New Rivers Press
• The Babysitter at Rest by Jen George - Dorothy, a publishing project
• Of This New World by Allegra Hyde - University of Iowa Press
• Him, Me, Muhammad Ali by Randa Jarrar - Sarabande Books
• Story of Love in Solitude by Roger Lewinter - New Directions
• Jimtown Road by Dennis McFadden - Press 53
• November Storm by Robert Oldshue - University of Iowa Press
• The Jungle Around Us by Anne Raeff - University of Georgia Press
• Public Library by Ali Smith - Anchor Books
• My Life As An Animal by Laurie Stone - TriQuarterly Books
• Dog Years by Melissa Yancy - University of Pittsburgh Press