Clifford Garstang

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Month: September 2025

September 25, 2025

New York, New York

A Long-overdue Visit I recently spent a few days in New York City. I’ve been meaning to get there again—I hadn’t been since before…

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September 1, 2025

Goodreads Book Giveaway!

My publisher, Black Rose Writing, is giving away 100 FREE copies of The Last Bird of Paradise. Register to win September 1-30, 2025. The…

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About the Author

Clifford Garstang is the author of six works of fiction including the novels The Last Bird of Paradise, Oliver’s Travels and The Shaman of Turtle Valley and the short story collections House of the Ancients and Other Stories, What the Zhang Boys Know, and In an Uncharted Country. He is also the editor of the acclaimed anthology series, Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet. A former international lawyer, he lives in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.

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