Jess Bowers

And we’re off! HORSE SHOW burst out of the starting gate five days ago, along with my contribution to the mighty Monkeybicycle‘s “If My Book” series! Check it out here!

I’m currently back east for the SFWP Launch Party atop Avocet Tower in Bethesda, MD (which was a total blast despite the wind!) and my own lil’ launch party at Atomic Books in my old Baltimore stomping grounds, which is later this afternoon!

If you’re in the Baltimore/DC area, why don’t you come on down and buy a copy of HORSE SHOW from the best booksellers on Earth? I’ll even sign it for you! And if you can’t make it to Atomic today, you can order a signed copy right here, from anywhere in the world! I’ll sign it today and they’ll send it your way!

Next up is the Unbound Book Festival on 4/18 in Columbia, MO!

Tomorrow, April 3, I’ll be the featured guest on Jon DiSavino’s excellent podcast Short Story Today!

“A weekly podcast hosted by Jon DiSavino. Short Story Today celebrates the enduring and compact literary form known as – you guessed it – the short story. But more importantly, it gives listeners an opportunity to hear the work of some of the best emerging writers of today. Each episode begins with an interview with the week’s guest author, and ends with a professional audiobook production of a story by that author.”

Jon and I had a wide-ranging, freewheeling conversation about my writing process, history, horses, and the inspiration behind a number of the short stories in HORSE SHOW. I’m looking forward to finding out which story was chosen for the reading portion–it’s a surprise to me, too!

I’m in great company this month, with episodes featuring Ananda Lima, Nicole Haroutunian, and Wole Talabi rounding out April. Short fiction is where it’s at!

Find Short Story Today wherever you get your podcasts, or at https://shortstorytoday.com/

DC/Baltimore area friends, family, and general rubberneckers, the RSVP list is now open for Santa Fe Writers’ Project’s 2024 Launch Party, which will be held from 3 PM – 7 PM EST on 4/13/24, on the rooftop of Bethesda, Maryland’s Avocet Tower.

This event is free and open to the public, but SFWP is asking prospective partiers to RSVP using this link, where you’ll also find information about parking/bus/METRO. Handy!

Sponsored by Long & Foster, Prosperity Mortgage, and Sage Title, this is an open house/meet & greet/cocktail party, featuring brief readings from SFWP’s most recently published writers, including yours truly, Monica Prince, Steve Eoannou, Charles Jensen, and Rachel Zimmerman!

Books by all of these authors will be available for sale and signing, including 50 copies of HORSE SHOW hot off the presses and ready to read! Light appetizers, beer & wine, and maybe even a signature cocktail or two will also be served.

Please RSVP if you’d like to come by, say hi, and gawk at the view with me!

Luke Rolfes from Laurel Review and I discuss story structure, dead horses, and my research process in this new interview all about HORSE SHOW, out 4/9/24 from SFWP! (Although a little bird told me fifty copies will be available at AWP for sale and signing…)