My Very End of the Universe: Five Novellas-in-Flash and a Study of the Form

Although the family struggles presented in these five novellas-in-flash are as old as time, the authors use the form to make them new and vital, each one presenting a self-contained galaxy of characters, while expanding—like the universe itself—into vaster realms of experience.

“The five novellas-in-flash in MY VERY END OF THE UNIVERSE are excellent type specimens of the genre, and the accompanying craft essays help give this chimeric form a theory and a practice. Writers interested in story structure owe it to themselves to add this book to their office bookshelves, but it’s adventurous readers who will surely benefit the most, finding themselves thrilled by the surprising tales within.”
—Matt Bell, author of In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods