I Have Not Considered Consequences: Short Stories
Short Stories
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Autumn House Press
Publishing:29th May '25
£14.99
This title is due to be published on 29th May, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
New flash fiction collection by Sherrie Flick, coeditor of Flash Fiction America and author of Thank Your Lucky Stars and Whiskey, Etc., a Foreword INDIES bronze prize for best story collection.
I Have Not Considered Consequences delves into the complexities of grief, desire, and a peculiar intersection between humans and bears. Flick’s evocative and thought-provoking stories follow characters like Bobby, a local home inspector who zips into a bear suit on his daily rounds, and a Gen-X couple, Matty and Trudy, navigating the ups and downs of their adult lives, from a dead fish named Patti Smith to dashed dreams of indie rock stardom. Women wander through small-town streets as they ponder love, allegiance, and Edith Wharton.
In Flick’s world, bears don’t just roam the wild—they play basketball, dance, and even work as midlevel business professionals. Through this memorable cast of characters, Flick reveals intriguing secrets about humanity and yearning with her signature blend of stark honesty and humor.
“Such brightness and humor in these stories—they made me laugh and each one moved with its own joyful rhythm." —Aimee Bender, author of The Butterfly Lampshade
"Sherrie Flick is an assassin. Book after book she has nimbly navigated the nighttime rooftops of our lives to sneak in and reveal to us our most private selves, and I Have Not Considered Consequences is her finest yet. This is electric, knife-sharp fiction that isn’t afraid to bust open the armor and the costumes we wear every day. Just let go, trust this fierce, starlit voice." —Paul Yoon, author of The Hive and the Honey
"'If she just cooked for him and unplugged everything, if they lived in complete silence, it would be fine. They would be happy forever.' Sherrie Flick's third collection of stories, I Have Not Considered Consequences, tests this premise with great wit and a big dollop of generosity. A wily bear, a sometime 'beartender' with piano-playing expertise whose brothers 'are all off in Alaska fishing' joyfully interrupts with his own luminescent stories. After all, 'who's going to second-guess a bear at happy hour?' Read it." —Terese Svoboda, author of The Long Swim
"Sherrie Flick’s I Have Not Considered Consequences reaffirms her mastery of the short story form. Her new collection is expansive in its scope, filled with quirky characters reconciling past with present, or present with future. In 'Chlorophyll and Oxidation,' the first-person narrator reflects on her past in Italy when 'the future is of no consequence,' and she reminisces with one of the men she traveled with those years ago when she was 'feral . . . I was a bear then." —Linda Kass, founder and owner of Gramercy Books
ISBN: 9781637681046
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196 pages