Fiction Collective Two
@fictioncollective2.bsky.social
We are an author-run, not-for-profit publisher of artistically adventurous, non-traditional fiction, committed to finding fresh & experimental works, both through member-sponsored submissions and our two annual contests! https://fc2.org/
The holidays are upon us! We hear that adding to the to-read piles of your friends & family is the greatest gift there is. www.uapress.ua.edu/search-resul...
December 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The holidays are upon us! We hear that adding to the to-read piles of your friends & family is the greatest gift there is. www.uapress.ua.edu/search-resul...
While you're waiting for Angela Woodward's AFTERLIFE (March 2026) read her 2015 Doctorow Prize-winning NATURAL WONDERS, which mixes mythology, popular fiction, and a misfired romance with the story of the earth hurtling around the sun. Learn more: fc2.org/authors/wood...
December 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
While you're waiting for Angela Woodward's AFTERLIFE (March 2026) read her 2015 Doctorow Prize-winning NATURAL WONDERS, which mixes mythology, popular fiction, and a misfired romance with the story of the earth hurtling around the sun. Learn more: fc2.org/authors/wood...
As the year draws to a close, have a look at our back catalogue, and see what you've been missing! fc2.org/authors/
December 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
As the year draws to a close, have a look at our back catalogue, and see what you've been missing! fc2.org/authors/
TODAY is the end of our flash sale! Use code FLASH at checkout for 50% off ~ applies to preorders too!
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December 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
TODAY is the end of our flash sale! Use code FLASH at checkout for 50% off ~ applies to preorders too!
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TODAY is your last chance to use code FLASH to take advantage of our 50% off sale - this includes preorders! - www.uapress.ua.edu/search-resul...
December 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
TODAY is your last chance to use code FLASH to take advantage of our 50% off sale - this includes preorders! - www.uapress.ua.edu/search-resul...
Ending TOMORROW! Our 50% off sale includes *preorders* ~ for Yanara Friedland's THANATOGRAPHIES, Pamela Ryder's DAYBREAK BIRDSONG ALWAYS WAKES HIM, Angela Woodward's AFTERLIFE and our 2025 Doctorow Prize winner Karen An-hwei Lee's MARIMO, MON AMOUR ! www.uapress.ua.edu/search-resul...
December 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Ending TOMORROW! Our 50% off sale includes *preorders* ~ for Yanara Friedland's THANATOGRAPHIES, Pamela Ryder's DAYBREAK BIRDSONG ALWAYS WAKES HIM, Angela Woodward's AFTERLIFE and our 2025 Doctorow Prize winner Karen An-hwei Lee's MARIMO, MON AMOUR ! www.uapress.ua.edu/search-resul...
DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS SALE! www.uapress.ua.edu/search-resul...
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS SALE! www.uapress.ua.edu/search-resul...
Our 50% off sale includes *preorders* ~~ for Yanara Friedland's THANATOGRAPHIES, Pamela Ryder's DAYBREAK BIRDSONG ALWAYS WAKES HIM, Angela Woodward's AFTERLIFE and our 2025 Doctorow Prize winner Karen An-hwei's MARIMO, MON AMOUR !
⚡️Use code FLASH ⚡️
uapress.ua.edu/search-resul...
⚡️Use code FLASH ⚡️
uapress.ua.edu/search-resul...
November 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Our 50% off sale includes *preorders* ~~ for Yanara Friedland's THANATOGRAPHIES, Pamela Ryder's DAYBREAK BIRDSONG ALWAYS WAKES HIM, Angela Woodward's AFTERLIFE and our 2025 Doctorow Prize winner Karen An-hwei's MARIMO, MON AMOUR !
⚡️Use code FLASH ⚡️
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⚡️Use code FLASH ⚡️
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🥳 Head over to our catalogue ! This sale INCLUDES preorders! www.uapress.ua.edu/search-resul...
November 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
🥳 Head over to our catalogue ! This sale INCLUDES preorders! www.uapress.ua.edu/search-resul...
Look back on some titles you may have missed ! Explore our long (LONG) list of authors! fc2.org/authors/
November 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Look back on some titles you may have missed ! Explore our long (LONG) list of authors! fc2.org/authors/
Praise from Joanna Ruocco on Pamela Ryder's DAYBREAK BIRDSONG ALWAYS WAKES HIM ~ this marks Ryder's third work we're delighted to be publishing, now available for PREORDER ~ Coming January 2026 fc2.org/authors/ryde...
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Praise from Joanna Ruocco on Pamela Ryder's DAYBREAK BIRDSONG ALWAYS WAKES HIM ~ this marks Ryder's third work we're delighted to be publishing, now available for PREORDER ~ Coming January 2026 fc2.org/authors/ryde...
Read an interview with Karen An-hwei Lee at @yourimpossiblevoice.com ~ and look forward to her Doctorow prize-winning MARIMO, MON AMOUR, coming Fall 2026.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Read an interview with Karen An-hwei Lee at @yourimpossiblevoice.com ~ and look forward to her Doctorow prize-winning MARIMO, MON AMOUR, coming Fall 2026.
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Our first 2026 book, DAYBREAK BIRDSONG ALWAYS WAKES HIM, is by Pamela Ryder, Collective member since 2008! Check out PARADISE FIELD, interconnected stories depicting the last years of a WWII bomber pilot and his relationship with his daughter. Learn more: fc2.org/authors/ryde...
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Our first 2026 book, DAYBREAK BIRDSONG ALWAYS WAKES HIM, is by Pamela Ryder, Collective member since 2008! Check out PARADISE FIELD, interconnected stories depicting the last years of a WWII bomber pilot and his relationship with his daughter. Learn more: fc2.org/authors/ryde...
#TBT ~ a fragment from Kirstin Allio's DOUBLE-CHECK FOR SLEEPING CHILDREN, winner of the 2024 Catherine Doctorow Prize ~ a collection of twenty short stories that probe the shadowy intersections of memory, desire, and identity. Get your copy: fc2.org/authors/allio/
November 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
#TBT ~ a fragment from Kirstin Allio's DOUBLE-CHECK FOR SLEEPING CHILDREN, winner of the 2024 Catherine Doctorow Prize ~ a collection of twenty short stories that probe the shadowy intersections of memory, desire, and identity. Get your copy: fc2.org/authors/allio/
Here's some reflections from Mireille Juchau on Yanara Friedland's THANATOGRAPHIES, coming in March 2026, and available now for PREORDER ✨ fc2.org/authors/frie...
November 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Here's some reflections from Mireille Juchau on Yanara Friedland's THANATOGRAPHIES, coming in March 2026, and available now for PREORDER ✨ fc2.org/authors/frie...
What author-run, not-for-profit, subversive press doesn't deserve more attention? ( Thank you 😘 )
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November 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
What author-run, not-for-profit, subversive press doesn't deserve more attention? ( Thank you 😘 )
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#TBT our release last November: 2023 Sukenick Contest winner THE FLAT WOMAN by Vanessa Saunders, which blends dystopia, magical realism, and biting satire to ask: who gets to call themselves a good person in a world built on systemic destruction? www.uapress.ua.edu/978157366208...
November 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
#TBT our release last November: 2023 Sukenick Contest winner THE FLAT WOMAN by Vanessa Saunders, which blends dystopia, magical realism, and biting satire to ask: who gets to call themselves a good person in a world built on systemic destruction? www.uapress.ua.edu/978157366208...
Praise from Jonathan Lethem on TRYING TO BE, our 2024 Doctorow Prize Winning book by John Haskell. Get your copy: www.uapress.ua.edu/978157366214...
November 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Praise from Jonathan Lethem on TRYING TO BE, our 2024 Doctorow Prize Winning book by John Haskell. Get your copy: www.uapress.ua.edu/978157366214...
Coming in February 2026: DAYBREAK BIRDSONG ALWAYS WAKES HIM: THE LIVES OF BILLY THE KID, by Pamela Ryder. Keep an eye out for this haunting reimagining of Billy the Kid...
November 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Coming in February 2026: DAYBREAK BIRDSONG ALWAYS WAKES HIM: THE LIVES OF BILLY THE KID, by Pamela Ryder. Keep an eye out for this haunting reimagining of Billy the Kid...
Take pleasure in the formally daring and emotionally disarming ~ get your copy of LOW-RISK ACTIVITIES by J Efron, our 2024 Sukenick Contest Winner fc2.org/authors/efro...
November 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Take pleasure in the formally daring and emotionally disarming ~ get your copy of LOW-RISK ACTIVITIES by J Efron, our 2024 Sukenick Contest Winner fc2.org/authors/efro...
VOTE where you are! And consider donating (whatever you can!) to support our mission! (FC2 is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, so your donation may be tax deductible! ) fc2.org/donate/
November 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
VOTE where you are! And consider donating (whatever you can!) to support our mission! (FC2 is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, so your donation may be tax deductible! ) fc2.org/donate/
That's all, folks! ❣️
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
That's all, folks! ❣️
✨Finalists will be chosen by the FC2 Editorial Board, & the winning manuscripts will be chosen from finalists by final judges Kazim Ali (the Doctorow Prize, awarding $15,000) & @alvinlu.bsky.social (the Sukenick Contest, awarding $3,000). Get guidelines & submit! : fc2.org/prizes
November 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
✨Finalists will be chosen by the FC2 Editorial Board, & the winning manuscripts will be chosen from finalists by final judges Kazim Ali (the Doctorow Prize, awarding $15,000) & @alvinlu.bsky.social (the Sukenick Contest, awarding $3,000). Get guidelines & submit! : fc2.org/prizes
If submission fees had you spooked, never fear! We have FEE WAIVERS for all in need. Tomorrow is your last day to send your work - Kazim Ali is final judge for the Doctorow Prize, and @alvinlu.bsky.social is our Sukenick Contest's final judge! Act now! fc2.org/prizes
October 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
If submission fees had you spooked, never fear! We have FEE WAIVERS for all in need. Tomorrow is your last day to send your work - Kazim Ali is final judge for the Doctorow Prize, and @alvinlu.bsky.social is our Sukenick Contest's final judge! Act now! fc2.org/prizes
Don't let the deadline sneak by for our annual book prizes! Alongside publication, you could be awarded $3,000 (for the Sukenick Contest) or $15,000 (for the Doctorow Prize)! Kazim Ali judges the Doctorow & @alvinlu.bsky.social judges the Sukenick! Submit now! fc2.org/prizes
October 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Don't let the deadline sneak by for our annual book prizes! Alongside publication, you could be awarded $3,000 (for the Sukenick Contest) or $15,000 (for the Doctorow Prize)! Kazim Ali judges the Doctorow & @alvinlu.bsky.social judges the Sukenick! Submit now! fc2.org/prizes