Author: Cliff

I am the author of three novels--THE LAST BIRD OF PARADISE, OLIVER'S TRAVELS, and THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY--and three story collections--IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY, HOUSE OF THE ANCIENTS AND OTHER STORIES, and WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW, winner of the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. I am also the co-founder and former editor of Prime Number Magazine and the editor of the award-winning anthology series EVERYWHERE STORIES: SHORT FICTION FROM A SMALL PLANET.
September 4, 2016

Book Launch! Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet Volume II

The official publication date for Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet Volume II is September 26, but it’s available for pre-order now from…
August 1, 2016

Pre-order Everywhere Stories Vol. II

On September 26, 2016, Press 53 will publish Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet Volume II. Like the first volume, which came out in…
April 20, 2016

Me, Interviewed, Again

I recently did this interview with David Alan Binder, who has interviewed lots of other people. Check out his blog.
April 20, 2016

The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman

The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman I listened to the audio version of this book, which I didn’t like much. This was…
March 31, 2016

Ghost Image by Ellen Crosby

Ghost Image by Ellen Crosby Scribner, 2015 I had heard of Ellen Crosby’s Wine Country Mysteries (The Merlot Murders, The Chardonnay Charade, etc.) but had…
March 27, 2016

Dreams of the Red Phoenix by Virginia Pye

Dreams of the Red Phoenix by Virginia Pye. Unbridled Books, 2015 My friend Virginia Pye’s first published novel, River of Dust, centered on a group…
March 26, 2016

Love for Love at the American Shakespeare Center

As part of the 2016 Actors’ Renaissance Season at the American Shakespeare Center‘s Blackfriars Playhouse, the company is performing Love for Love by William Congreve….
March 24, 2016

Focus on Fiction–Nancy Christie interviews me

Nancy Christie interviewed me recently, and the result is here: Focus on Fiction, Interview with Clifford Garstang.
March 24, 2016

Becoming Madison by Michael Signer

Becoming Madison by Michael Signer Public Affairs, 2015 This book is the March 2016 selection of my book club, Reading Liberally, chosen in part…
March 18, 2016

The Children Act by Ian McEwan

The Children Act by Ian McEwan. Nan A. Talese, September 2014 It’s been awhile since I read a McEwan novel (and I confess that…