153. C.J. Spataro | More Strange Than True, short fiction, and adaptations

Arts Calling

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Hi there,

Today I am so excited to be arts calling author C.J. Spataro! (https://www.cjspataro.com)

About our Guest: C.J. Spataro is an award-winning short fiction writer whose work has appeared in many literary magazines and anthologies including Taboos & Transgressions, Iron Horse Literary Review, december, Sequestrum, and Exacting Clam. She directs the MFA in Creative Writing and the MA in Publishing programs at Rosemont College and was a founding partner of Philadelphia Stories. Her debut novel, MORE STRANGE THAN TRUE (Sagging Meniscus Press) was recently named to Reactor’s Can’t Miss Indie Speculative Books for Spring.

MORE STRANGE THAN TRUE, a new novel, is now available from Sagging Meniscus Press! https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/more_strange_than_true/

Instagram: @cjspataro | Twitter: @cjspataro

ABOUT MORE STRANGE THAN TRUE: After an epically shitty day, Jewell Jamieson unknowingly eats a magic-spiked meal and happens also to make a certain wish—and that’s why she awakes the next morning to discover her beloved dog Oberon has been transformed into a beautiful naked man in her bed. Conflict ensues when Titania, the impulsive Queen of the Faeries, decides she wants Oberon for herself. Is Oberon simply a man who used to be a dog, or is he somehow something more? When Jewell discovers the answer, she will be faced with a devastating choice. Will she choose to save the man she’s grown to love by giving him up, or will she honor his wishes and watch him die?

Thanks for this wonderful conversation, C.J.! All the best!

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Much love,

j