BAD THINGS HAPPENING / by Kris Bertin

Biblioasis is getting ready to push my book BAD THINGS HAPPEN into the literary ocean to see if it floats, or takes on water and sinks down onto a pile of forgotten short story collections. It's going to be on shelves nationwide February 23 and will look like this:

This means I’m getting written up in places places like MAISONNEUVE, and THE TORONTO STAR (who named me—and good pal Andrew Sullivan—as one of the top up-and-comers to watch in 2016). I received an absolutely fantastic starred review from QUILL & QUIRE, who said that BAD THINGS HAPPEN is: 

Brash (in the best possible sense), intriguing, and consummate without being showy, these are terrific stories in a strong, diverse, and fascinating collection.

You can read that review here.