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Hello Friends,
Couple of quick updates. The first is that I appeared on Ben Tanzer’s podcast, This Podcast Will Change Your Life, and it’s up for your listening pleasure. It was a lot of fun to get into the book and my life.
The second is that a new micro fiction of mine, “Tether,” has been accepted by Fractured Lit for publication! I’ll post a link to it when it goes live.
Best wishes,
Ross
Hello!
This pic is of Cannon Beach, OR at the end of summer…such a beautiful place. My extended family goes there nearly every summer as a group, and it’s always a blast. I cut out a couple days early this year to visit Bethlehem, PA for Thirty West Day, a celebration of the press that published my story collection. It was a lot of fun to meet authors, editors, publishers, and readers, and get a chance to read from my collection.
I’ve been hard at work on both stories and the long-term project I like to call, “The Avalanche Novel.” It’ll probably be a couple years before it’s complete, but it is very fun to write (and research). I also have a novel, a suburban dramedy called Pepperleaf, that I’m getting ready to go. Wish me luck!
I’m appearing soon on Ben Tanzer’s podcast, This Podcast Will Change Your Life. We recorded it around a month ago and it’ll be up and ready for listening shortly. I’ll link to it. We discuss my story collection, Below the Falls (Thirty West, 2024), and the strange life I’ve managed to navigate (so far).
More soon!
Ross
Hello there,
Yakima River Canyon — May, 2024
We’re in the uncertain windy-rainy-calm-sunny-cloudy-thundery days of spring here in the Pacific Northwest. Much has been happening.
Emily Webber of Necessary Fiction wrote an insightful review of my story collection. You can read it here.
Heavy Feather Review published an excerpt from the story collection, called “Ripe.” You can read it here.
Last week I recorded an interview with Ken Volante of the Something (rather than nothing) podcast. It was a lot of fun, and should go live in a couple of weeks. I’ll post a link.
Best wishes,
Ross
Hello there,
I stopped by Phinney Books in Seattle and found my book on display (pictured). What a thrill! While there, I bought Paul Harding’s new short novel, This Other Eden, and I’m excited to dig in.
I have a long interview coming out on Friday in a magazine I’m a huge fan of…I’ll post a link when it’s live.
Be well,
Ross
Hello!
I’m happy to say I have an interview with the talented story writer Bradley Sides up at the literary journal JMWW. You can read it here.
I also have a reading this Thursday with some fellow alums of my alma mater, Vermont College of Fine Arts. The RSVP is here (link).
More soon! I hope everyone’s April is going splendidly.
Also,
Hello,
Well, Below the Falls is officially out into the world! It has been a wonderfully exciting and at times overwhelming last week. The first bit of news is that The Seattle Times published an article about the book (and me) on Thursday, and it was included in the Sunday print edition today! You can read the article here.
Also, I have an annotated music playlist to go along with the collection up at one of the coolest sites out there, Largehearted Boy. You can check that out here.
I have a couple more interviews that will be coming out soon, and I’ll post those when they go live. But up next, the book release party at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park on the 26th! It’s at 7pm for those of you in the Seattle area who might want to come.
Be well,
Ross
Hello!
We’re getting very close to the publication date of my story collection, BELOW THE FALLS (Thirty West), on Friday the 22nd! I’m also prepping for my book release party at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park on March 26th. I even got my hair cut today, so you know it’s serious.
I’ve had a couple of short stories come out in the last two days. The first is the one pictured, a piece called, “Theater,” in the print literary journal Moon City Review. The second is an excerpt from the story collection, “The Meme,” in Vol. 1 Brooklyn (here’s the link).
I have some more interviews, an essay, and a very exciting article about the book coming out in the next week. Stay tuned!
Be well,
Ross
Hello,
It’s exactly one month away from my book’s release! Hard to believe all that has happened in the last year. I wanted to share again that my Seattle-area book release party will be at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park on March 26th. I’ll read a few stories, answer some questions, and sign books while you drink all the wine my wife picks out for the party. Here’s the link to sign up!
If you can’t make it and want a book, consider ordering directly through my publisher before the release!
I have been doing some interviews that will be coming out soon, as well the upcoming magazine publication of two stories of the stories in the collection, and an essay I wrote about the stories. My calendar is getting fuller by the day with publicity stuff. Exciting times in the McMeekin household.
Yours,
Ross
Hello,
Happy to say that a fun interview I did with Chuck Augello of the fantastic and fantastical literary magazine Cease, Cows is now up and ready for perusal. It was great to talk about the ins-and-outs of my upcoming story collection, my process, and my love of stories that work as puzzles. The link is here!
More soon,
Ross
Hello there,
Things are beginning to pick up with book promotions! I’ve already done an interview, and I’m recording a podcast next week. I’ll provide links to those when they go live.
Also, my book release party is slated to happen on March 26th at my local bookstore, Third Place Book in Lake Forest Park. Here’s the link to the event page.
Finally, I’m doing an online winter reading with a few of the west coast contingent of Thirty West authors this Sunday. The event signup is here if you want to attend.
More soon! Hope everyone’s winter is going well.
Ross
Seattle Waterfront, December 2023
Hello there!
Many things are afoot. I’m amidst the final edits to my story collection, BELOW THE FALLS, which will be out from Thirty West Publishing House in March. You can preorder it here.
One that note, my book release party will be taking place at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park, WA on March 26th. I’ll be reading a couple of stories from the collection and answering questions. Plus, we’ll have wine and snacks.
More soon,
Ross
Hello there,
Exciting news here. My book of stories, Below the Falls, is now available for pre-order through my publisher, Thirty West Publishing House. Here is the link!
It will be available through bookstores and online retailers soon if that’s your preference.
Be well,
Ross
Hello!
I’m excited to have a story, “Waves Crash into the Water that Becomes Them,” in the new print issue of the THE MACGUFFIN. It takes place in the Seattle of my youth, and will also appear in my upcoming book of stories, coming out in March from Thirty West Publishing House.
I found out a few days ago that I’ll have a new microfiction out in the west coast literary magazine FIVE SOUTH this fall. I’ll post a link when it goes live!
Yours,
Ross
Hello there,
I have a new piece up at the literary magazine Maudlin House, my second time there. This one’s called, “Breakup Sketch.” I wrote it in the wee hours of the morning on a recent trip to NYC, in a hotel room on the 19th floor, full of steam in an overstimulated haze. You can read it here.
The story will also appear in my upcoming book-length collection of short fiction, coming out in March of 2024 from Thirty West Publishing House.
Yours,
Ross
Hello!
Mirror Lake, WA - June 30th, 2023
Wanted to share that I have three stories that will be published in magazines in the next six months. The first is a 15-pager called “Waves Crash Into the Water That Becomes Them,” which will appear in the summer print issue of The MacGuffin. The second is a flash fiction piece called “N.V.” which will appear in Moon City Review (also in print). The last is a story called, “Breakup Sketch,” which will appear online at Maudlin House. I’ll post pics and links when they go live!
Hope your early summer is going splendidly,
Ross
Hello!
I’m excited to have a contributor’s copy of the Best Microfiction 2023 anthology in my hands. It contains a wee little piece of mine, “Tusks,” which first appeared in the literary journal CEASE, COWS. There are lots of other great pieces as well. You can pick it up at bookstores or online retailers if it sounds up your alley.
More soon!
Ross
Hello there,
Wonderful news. I’m beyond thrilled to share that my second book, BELOW THE FALLS—a collection of twenty-five of my short stories—will be published in early 2024 by Thirty West Publishing House! I’m thankful to Editor-in-Chief Josh Dale and company for giving it a home. I can’t imagine a more perfect house to publish this collection. I’ll be posting plans and updates here and there as the publication date grows near.
Gratefully Yours,
Ross
Hello there,
I have a new flash fiction piece, “Switchback,” up at the U.K. magazine LITRO today! You can read it here.
Best,
Ross
Downtown Seattle with Space Needle
Hello there,
I’ve got a couple quick bits of news to share on this rainy spring Tuesday.
The first is that my microfiction, “Tusks,” which first appeared in the literary journal CEASE COWS, was chosen by judge Deb Olin Unferth to be included in the annual anthology BEST MICROFICTION, which will come out in print this summer, and be available through bookstores and online retailers.
The second is that a flash fiction piece of mine, “Switchback,” will be in the U.K. magazine LITRO next Friday (the 28th of April). I will post a link when it goes live.
I have more exciting news to share, but it’ll have to wait…
Best,
Ross