Sherrie Flick, "I Have Not Considered Consequences" with Sarah Shotland

It is always a joy to celebrate local professor, author and editor Sherrie Flick! This time around, we are celebrating her third collection: I HAVE NOT CONSIDERED CONSEQUENCES - "This is electric, knife-sharp fiction that isn’t afraid to bust open the armor and the costumes we wear every day. Just let go, trust this fierce, starlit voice." - Paul Yoon. Sherrie will be in conversation with local author Sarah Shotland.

New flash fiction collection by Sherrie Flick, coeditor of Flash Fiction America and author of Thank Your Lucky Stars and Whiskey, Etc., a Foreword INDIES bronze prize for best story collection.

I Have Not Considered Consequences delves into the complexities of grief, desire, and a peculiar intersection between humans and bears. Flick’s evocative and thought-provoking stories follow characters like Bobby, a local home inspector who zips into a bear suit on his daily rounds, and a Gen-X couple, Matty and Trudy, navigating the ups and downs of their adult lives, from a dead fish named Patti Smith to dashed dreams of indie rock stardom. Women wander through small-town streets as they ponder love, allegiance, and Edith Wharton.

In Flick’s world, bears don’t just roam the wild—they play basketball, dance, and even work as midlevel business professionals. Through this memorable cast of characters, Flick reveals intriguing secrets about humanity and yearning with her signature blend of stark honesty and humor.

SARAH SHOTLAND is the author of the novel Junkette and the nonfiction project Abolition is Everything. Her recent work has been published in North American Review, The Iowa Review, and Gulf Coast. She is the Program Director for Madwomen in the Attic at Carlow University, where she teaches creative writing.

SHERRIE FLICK is the author of three short story collections, all published by Autumn House Press. They are Whiskey, Etc., Thank Your Lucky Stars, and I Have Not Considered Consequences. Her recent awards include a Creative Development grant from the Heinz Endowments and a Writing Pittsburgh fellowship from the Creative Nonfiction Foundation. She is co-editor for the Norton anthology Flash Fiction America and a long-time senior editor at SmokeLong Quarterly. An essay in her collection Homing: Instincts of a Rustbelt Feminist, was notable in Best American Essays 2023. In spring 2025 she served as the McGee Distinguished Professor in Creative Writing at Davidson College, and she recently joined the low-res MFA faculty at West Virginia Wesleyan. She lives in Pittsburgh.

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