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"Festival of the Fatapult is a collection of short stories by Nathan G.Sellers. This book pays homage to and brings back the classic formof short story telling made popular by such American authorsas Washington Irving, Stephen Crane, Edgar Allan Poe, BretHarte, Edith Wharton, John Cheever, Raymond Carver, and ahost of others. The book goes against the modern convention ofshort stories by bringing the hyperbolic back to what used to beone of the most popular forms of entertainment. In accordancewith traditional short story form, Festival of the Fatapult spansa vast array of literary genres, from a touch of romanticism toa dab of gothic, from mystical and magical realism to fablesand folk tales; part fantasy and part satire, this compilation iscovered with absurdity and complimented with the Nathan G.Sellers style of literary entertainment. Contained in this bookare eight short stories—all strange, thought-provoking, andcomedic. There is something for everyone in these pages. Fansof classic short stories will love this book, and those who are notfans will soon become ones."