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Absolutely Revolting
Fiction

Things We Didn’t See Coming by Steven Amsterdam

by Rebecca Starford •
April 2009, no. 310

Things We Didn’t See Coming by Steven Amsterdam

Sleepers Publishing, $24.95 pb, 180 pp

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Since its establishment in 2003, Sleepers Publishing has made quite a name for itself. Coordinating literary salons and the annual publication of the Sleepers Almanac, which garners contributions from some of the country’s most esteemed practitioners, the small press is now branching out into the domain of full-length fiction, with Steven Amsterdam’s Things We Didn’t See Coming as the opener.

 


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Things We Didn’t See Coming

Things We Didn’t See Coming by Steven Amsterdam

Sleepers Publishing, $24.95 pb, 180 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.

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