Fiction Collective 2
@FCtwo
Followers
1K
Following
2K
Media
439
Statuses
2K
📚 A literary alternative since 1974. ( also on IG & Bluesky & Tiktok at fictioncollective2 ) 🌅
Winston-Salem, NC
Joined August 2011
We're THRILLED to have expanded our Sukenick Prize money ( it has doubled! ) & to have expanded our Doctorow eligibility to those with three previously published books in ANY genre, not just fiction! Poets, Essayists, Writers Undefined, REJOICE!
1
3
12
RT @AimeeParkison: My new book, Body of Evidence, to be published in Oct by @PressUnbound. An experiment in writing about violence, it exam….
0
3
0
To solve a love-triangle murder, a Taiwanese novelist takes a California road trip with her friend’s son into the heart of the émigré Chinese literary world in @alvinlu's new novel DAYDREAMERS ~ get your copy via @UnivofALPress : .
0
4
7
Read this rad essay up at @nighttidemag from Victoria Hood - author of MY HAUNTED HOME (one of our past Sukenick Contest winners!)
0
0
3
"As far as I am concerned, the ghost we were chasing was simply that, a specter haunting my father’s dreams. It tormented him enough that he felt compelled to exorcise it by writing this book.". Read more from @alvinlu's novel DAYDREAMERS at @MinorLits ~
0
0
3
Save the date, SEATTLE!.
This is really happening. Come hang out with me and @StaceyL55436091, author of Mice 1961, in her hometown of Seattle. I'll be reading from my new novel Daydreamers too. Location: @ElliottBayBooks 1521 10th Avenue.Date/time: August 14, 7pm
0
0
4
Have you read this excerpt from @alvinlu's new novel DAYDREAMERS? Have a read, & get the book 🛣️
First look at my road-trip novel Daydreamers, which publishes next month. Stylish treatment for this excerpt by @EvergreenReview, paired with photography by Bryan Schutmaat. Thanks to old friend @johnghoakes, who published my first novel The Hell Screens, for making this happen.
0
3
6
Have you checked out the past winners of our annual Sukenick & Doctorow contests? ( & oh HI 😍 soft launch of our fall covers). Check out lists of previous winners to see the diversity of our titles, like THE FLAT WOMAN, a dystopia by @postcardsfrmv ! .
0
0
2
Our 2026 Sukenick Contest judge @alvinlu's novel DAYDREAMERS is on @AltaJournal's list of exciting books being released this month! Get your copy now!
0
3
11
For anyone interested in reviewing our new titles, query to the wonderful Samantha Huff-Robertson over at @UnivofALPress (we are their imprint) ! .Get in touch with Samantha at sjhuffrobertson@ua.edu 😍💫.
0
3
7
Mary McLaughlin Slechta on Patrick Lawler's CONVERSATIONS WITH EXTINCT ANIMALS - "The story is told by an unreliable narrator who admits, “In my dream I am erased.” Read more, & get 30% off at checkout with code AWP ~ .
2
1
3
Read "Einspänner" in @BigOtherMag by @karenanhweilee, our 2025 Doctorow Prize Winner! Keep an eye out for her winning title MARIMO, MON AMOUR next year!.
0
3
9
RT @sophieklahr: i gave some queer thoughts & excerpts on/of THERE IS ONLY ONE GHOST IN THE WORLD last year - here's that feature again 💙 T….
0
2
0
There's never a bad time to read more Patrick Lawler. .
0
1
6
For 50+ years, FC2's sense of self has always aligned with the LGBTQIA+ community: we reject conformity, we refuse to be quiet, we celebrate complexity, & we've never swayed to the fickleness of culture. 💪 PRIDE WAS A RIOT; pride month = every month.
0
2
6
RT @sophieklahr: Having @FCtwo expand this prize eligibility is VERY big and VERY good news! ( & in addition to publication, you win $15,00….
0
1
0