Charles Rafferty, the co-director of the MFA program at Albertus Magnus College, has published a collection of flash fictions titled, Somebody Who Knows Somebody. The collection was published by Gold Wake Press, an independent literary house based in Iowa.
Prior to being published, some of these stories have been featured in acclaimed journals such as New World Writing, World Riot, Juked, Cincinnati Review, and Fiction Southeast.
“Charles Rafferty is a master of the short form, and the micro-stories that make up Somebody Who Knows Somebody are like the lights of a city that blink by your train window as you ride quickly into the night. And what lights! These stories are precise, each glimpse beautifully rendered; they are alternately funny, menacing, and are both tender toward and unforgiving of what feels like a very particular American disquiet. I loved it,” reviewed Ethan Rutherford, author of The Peripatetic Coffin and Other Stories.
Charles Rafferty has published fifteen poetry books and chapbooks throughout his career. In 2021, he will be releasing another collection titled A Cluster of Noisy Planets (BOA Editions).
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