BlueSky now: https://xitter.cf/t.co/0OVCRK52MX THE MAN IN THE BANANA TREES (Nov 2024, Iowa Short Fiction Award from @UIowaPress) Cofounder @thirdlanternlit
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“The fog is unreasonable—thick and too chilly for summer—on my morning bike ride to Bertha’s Breakfast Buffet, where I’m lead server and manager.“ Read from @mlensheffer’s new story collection, The Man in the Banana Trees.
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Marguerite Sheffer retweeted
.@CECordasco interviewed @mlensheffer on Rejection, Experimentation, the Power of Short Stories, and Her Debut Collection, “The Man in the Banana Trees” 🌴
Read here ↓
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Marguerite Sheffer retweeted
Pete is thrilled to share these episodes with the stellar @mlensheffer, @carvellwallace, @lydiakiesling, @KeithOB, @daxdev, @DanGutmanBooks, and David Ebenbach!
All episodes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Listen to this wk's episode, w/ Fernanda Trías: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Marguerite Sheffer retweeted
I loved talking to Vanessa about her weird, smart, funny, feminist climate novel. Go read The Flat Woman.
Vanessa Saunders (@postcardsfrmv) on why we need new ways to think and talk about stories of violence against women (interview by @RachelTaube) buff.ly/3Zgmulm
Marguerite Sheffer retweeted
Short story collections are too often overlooked, so we’re highlighting some of our favorite debut collections of the year! buff.ly/3V2TuuQ
Marguerite Sheffer retweeted
When @JamilJanKochai talks, Pete is listening!
Re: @mlensheffer The Man in the Banana Trees, Jamil wrote: “[It] kicks ass. Every story is a surprise.”
What a dynamite collection-the skill, varied storylines, and endings left Pete reeling & still reflecting.
Episode up Dec 3!
Marguerite Sheffer retweeted
Due to things getting all Nazi-lite on this site, we have gone ahead and moved somewhere, where the skies are bluer :)
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But while we are here...
Our next event is this Friday 11/22 at Sports Drink!
We will be there from 12 PM to 2 PM, getting some words on the page and socializing with peers.
We hope to see you there :)
Marguerite Sheffer retweeted
"That’s the question Damon (Earth-X) and Marissa (Earth-Y) were tasked with answering, but they were busy eye-fucking each other."
New short fiction today by @DeeCherryWriter : "What Happens What Happens When a Planet Falls From the Sky?"
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Marguerite Sheffer retweeted
Here are The Best Debut Books of 2024 (So Far) according to @vitcavage.
Ft. @christinajcooke, @andymintan, @vanjchan, @alex___tanner, @borywrites, @pulomeow, @frumpenberg, @JessieRenM, @laurachowfun, @melmogollon, @temim, and more!
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Marguerite Sheffer retweeted
For her @lithub column, NBCC Co-Vice President/Events @janeciab talked craft with @mlensheffer, whose "The Man in the Banana Trees" won the Iowa Short Fiction Award: buff.ly/3UUsVb7
Marguerite Sheffer retweeted
Book two coming Feb 2026. Novella debut. First Publishers Marketplace announcement.
Dumbfounded. Thank you @splitlippress 📹👻🐙🧜♀️🧛🧟
Marguerite Sheffer retweeted
Add a November new release to your TBR list!
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Marguerite Sheffer retweeted
Today the @randolphmfa is thrilled to welcome poet and artist Shira Erlichman as a guest faculty member for the coming winter residency and spring term. Welcome to Randolph MFA, @sheer_awe !!!
Marguerite Sheffer retweeted
.@mlensheffer 's #IowaShortFiction award winner is a continuous speculative surprise with ghosts, a love triangle among scientific researchers, Unicorn tapestries, an artists’ colony in the Gulf South, a tiger, and a yellow ball python. lithub.com/marguerite-sheffe… via @lithub
Marguerite Sheffer retweeted
.@mlensheffer talks to @janeciab about symbolism, writing across time, and crafting the short story.
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Marguerite Sheffer retweeted
Full cover reveal and TOC for Issue 147!
Original fiction by @RaeBolt, Rachael Severino, @DeeCherryWriter, @avramargariti, @GAAshley1.
Flash fiction winners @parkeriswriting and @JuneWhiteWrites.
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Marguerite Sheffer retweeted
I’ve been selected to read from “French Quarter Saints” at this event. Come on by!
Marguerite Sheffer retweeted
We deserve great books by great writers. Here are our favorite November debut books!
Ft. @wheatfu, @_patriciacoral_, @mlensheffer, @JZabalbeascoa, @postcardsfrmv, @CherryLouSy, and more!
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