The first collection of stories by Kyle Seibel.
Tender, funny, poignant and intensely human - you won't have read anything like it.
Kyle's stories have been featured in all the places good writing is usually found - Pidgeonholes, Taco Bell Quarterly, Reckon Review, Expat Lit and many more.
“Kyle Seibel lives in Santa Barbara, California, coincidentally where the press Black Sparrow (RIP) operated for awhile. I think the publisher, John Martin (RIP) would have been a fan of Seibel’s work. His stories fit right in with Black Sparrow’s aesthetic. Humorous, down to earth, a touch pleasantly deranged. Fans of Charles Bukowski, John Fante, and Lucia Berlin will get an updated modern kick out of how Seibel transforms the mundane into something profound.” — @Bud_Smith
"Kyle Seibel has been there, done that, and he writes about it with understanded humor, beauty, and lyricism. His stories are provocative and profound, his flawed characters portrayed with nuance and empathy. The result is a book that's massively enjoyable — and deeply indelible." - @DavyRothbart, author of My Heart is an Idiot, creator of Found Magazine
"When I read one of Kyle Seibel’s stories, I feel like I’ve met the characters: they are as rounded as they are real, as surprising as they are peculiar. He knows that small interactions are endlessly interesting, and in Kyle’s seamless skill, the technicalities of plot, setting and character are considered and elegant. The characters in Kyle’s stories are not heroes: some of them are awful; some assholes; some are ravaged by ambition or insecurity; many are hilarious; all believable; all brilliant." - @duanalla Pádraig Ó Tuama, host and author of “Poetry Unbound” (On Being Studios and WW Norton 2022)
