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Recipient of 40 Literary Awards & citations

NEWS:
Bob is honored to be a Finalist for the
"2009 Donald Barthelme Prize for Short Prose."
Winner TBA in December.

"A world-class minimalist with spooky noir glimmerings; his stories shine like a switchblade opened in a dark alley."
— Web Del Sol

"I admire the restraint." — Amy Hempel

"If You'd Like to Make a Call" [ winner of the Barry Hannah Fiction Prize ] is economically written, and absorbing.
— C. Michael Curtis, The Atlantic Monthly

"I do see why Thurber's fiction has drawn comparisons to Hitchock: His stories are indeed chilling."
— Susan Kamil, Dial Press

"All the stories and micro-fictions are authentic and have enormous verisimilitude. No false notes."
— Bill Contardi, literary agent

"Bob Thurber is one of the best and most prolific writers on the eZine circuit (and soon-to-be in the print circuit, one hopes)"
— So New Media

“...one of the very best writers of flash fiction around.”

—Vanessa Gebbie

Bob Thurber

An Old Unschooled Writer