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Blood! a new collection of short fictions featuring stories by Clark Allen, Dylan Brown, Kelsey Ford, J. David Gonzalez, and Lee Matalone.

Clark Allen’s work has been presented by Bloomsbury Academic, The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Times Picayune, NPR, Vice, and more. He lives in California.

Dylan Brown’s writing has appeared in places like Gulf Coast, Tin House, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and Hobart. He was born in Germany and lives in Los Angeles.

Kelsey Ford is a writer living in Portland, OR. Her work has previously been published in Bright Wall/Dark Room and Storychord. She can be found on twitter @kelsfjord.

J. David Gonzalez's work has appeared in Plots With Guns, Thuglit, thickjam, YETI, and The Los Angeles Review of Books, and has received honorable mention in Best American Essays (2011) and Best American Mysteries (2015).

Lee Matalone's debut novel, HOME MAKING is was published by Harper Perennial in February of 2020.