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Randall Brown is the author of the award winning collection MAD TO LIVE, his essay on (very) short fiction appears in THE ROSE METAL PRESS FIELD GUIDE TO WRITING FLASH FICTION, and he appears in BEST SMALL FICTIONS 2015, 2017, & 2019 and The Norton Anthologies FLASH FICTION: AMERICA, NEW MICRO: EXCEPTIONALLY SHORT FICTION & HINT FICITON; also, his essays appeared in Grey House's CRITICAL INSIGHTS: AMERICAN SHORT STORY & CRITICAL INSIGHTS: FLASH FICTION. He founded and directs FlashFiction.Net and has been published and anthologized widely, both online and in print. Recent book include the flash fiction collection THIS IS HOW HE LEARNED TO LOVE (Sonders Press 2019), the prose poetry collection I MIGHT NEVER LEARN (Finishing Line Press 2018) ...more

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	Mad To Live 4.63 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Year : an mlp anthology by Mud Luscious Press (Editor), P.H. Madore (Goodreads Author), Colin Bassett 4.38 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stripped by Nicole Monaghan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Amber Sparks (Goodreads Author), Jeanne Holtzman 4.04 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Healing Visions by Randall Brown (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Meg Boscov (Photographer), Roberta Allen (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.72 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Pocket Guide to Flash Fiction by Randall Brown (Goodreads Author), Pamela Painter (Contributor), Quinn Dalton (Contributor) 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Might Never Learn 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Is How He Learned To Love 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What I Saw (chapbook) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Night Ward liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Men of Valor Navigating the Journey to Courageous Manhood 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It’s a great thing to be able to tell the truth, darling. But there is such a thing as gentleness for the people you love. Just because a thing is true doesn’t mean it can’t be used cruelly. Be careful with your talents.”
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message 2: by Mary

Nov 07, 2012 07:26AM

Randall Brown: You are writer of fab flash fiction, supporter of the arts, extraordinary teacher and generous soul. I hold you in my heart and will never forget our meeting at Rosemont College! Sending my best, Mary

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message 1: by Roger

Nov 14, 2008 03:20PM

Hi Randall,
Thanks for the friendship on Goodreads,
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