John Glover
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Writer, librarian, unhallowed revenant.
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![Image with text: "'Almost as old as the novel is the dream to publish one,' somebody once said. It was me, just now, starting this sappy post. It was my inscrutable dream for so long, something kept in a box, something not real. When I was very young, there was this image in my head, equally inscrutable, guarded and vulnerable, of going into a Barnes & Noble on shaky legs and seeing my novel on a table or shelf. As obsessed as I am with the world of short fiction, there's something inescapably grand about a novel.
"This past week the dream became real, and the fact that I had known it would be real since March of 2023 (!) didn’t prepare me for the real realness of it. I went into a Barnes & Noble and saw my book on a table. Even now, the words “my novel” have a sort of talismanic power. Indie bookstores are the real treasures in our communities, but this was for that very young Michael, the one with the inscrutably powerful dream.
"Thank you to every single person who read this book already, is reading it now, is thinking of reading it in the coming weeks or months. Thank you for your kind words and reviews and all those to come, because word of mouth is crucial — especially for a debut novelist. The love has been invigorating, and I will dine on it for years like the Pine Arch Creature dines on [redacted]."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ukpugibhsdpen2r6xb57njvi/bafkreihldmafy5ff23rnfwhzz7eu3efvfjqnwnxq37mtppc6tdwipxiz2m@jpeg)
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