Songs for the Deaf is a joyful, deranged, endlessly surprising book of stories that defy easy categorization, in addition to the laws of physics (girls ”ride air,” aliens plummet from the sky, a basketball-messiah shoots hoops). Fleming’s prose is glorious music; his rhythms will get into your bloodstream, and his images will sink into your dreams.
—Karen Russell, author of Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove
Hayley Fleming
The only time we should be scared is when the wind stops talking.
--from "Wind and Rain" p. 147
Arianna Chafetz (Cambridge, MA)
"The alien smiled at the general's words and especially at the general's thoughts, though the general could not see the smile, hidden as it was in the alien's clasped palms."
from "Xenophilia" p. 126
Grayson Tubbs (Missoula, MT)
"The known world diminished overnight, the encroaching mysteries a sudden reminder of the folly of knowing."
from "Cloud Reader" p. 11
News
Songs for the Deaf takes a prize
Sorry for the long delay! I’m pleased to announce that Songs for the Deaf is the winner of the International Book Award in short fiction….
The Legend of the Barefoot Mailman 20th Anniversary ebook is released!
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Songs for the Deaf reviews
I’m back in town and catching up on things… Many thanks for all the Songs for the Deaf reviews that have come in so far:…