2012 SPLIT OAK PRESS FLASH PROSE CHAPBOOK CONTEST WINNER

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“These brief tales compress the boundaries of storytelling, but their very economy and Holinger’s shrewd glimpses of the human landscape make diverting and surprisingly satisfying reading.” – C. Michael Curtis, former Fiction Editor, The Atlantic Monthly

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“Alice Munro meets Frederick Barthelme: Whether you want to hoard these rich nuggets like dark chocolate and savor one a day, or indulge yourself by consuming all at once, the payoff is pure gratification.” – Cris Mazza, author of Various Men Who Knew Us as Girls and other novels

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“Holinger’s stories are like pieces of amber in which we observe a small, perfectly preserved horror sadness, and they are rather beautiful.” – Lore Segal, 2008 Pulitzer finalist for Shakespeare’s Kitchen

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