“Caleb J. Ross is a disturbing fellow.” – Sean Ferguson on “The Removal Kind”

Many thanks to Sean P. Ferguson for his write up about my story “The Removal Kind,” which appears in the fantastic The Booked. Anthology.

Sean says:

Ross doesn’t exactly ever do normal. His characters are flawed in ways that everyone really is, but he puts a little extra stank on those flaws. And he addresses those flaws with a blunt honesty that makes the reader just a little more uncomfortable. Like a lover that just won’t quit, when you think you’ve found some equilibrium with his particular brand of weird, he twists the knife just once more.

and

Yes. That’s a Caleb J Ross story. He’s a weird little man and I love him for it. His stories don’t always fit, but they’re good, in that sore thumb sort of way. Always. He’ll never be Jonathan Franzen, all literary and boring in some classically trained New Yorker bullshit manner, and I appreciate that. That’s what I want, the weird and the circus sideshows, the fantastic and brilliant.

Also, I love that he included #FCJR as a post tag.

Definitely buy The Booked. Anthology. Steal pennies from a wino, if you have to. But at least read the wino a story from the book. I recommend “The Removal Kind.”