What the Flock?
Sarah Flocken, Rafael FrumkinI write unhinged fiction for smiley people who are silently enraged (all of us). My debut novel BE WELL is out in June 2026. This is my newsletter. Come for the thoughts on my writing process, stay for the dumb puns.
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My debut novel comes out today. Here’s where it’s kept people company.
My debut novel Be Well comes out today.
That sentence was so weird to write just now. So I’ll do it again.
My debut novel Be Well comes out today.
God, that is cool to read back.
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The reason competitive punning exists
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I write unhinged fiction for smiley people who are silently enraged (all of us). My debut novel BE WELL (Heliotrope, 2026) is out now! Come for the thoughts on my writing process, stay for the dumb puns.
Wife-in-progress, ex-academic, sapphic saltwater sweetie. Novelist: THE COMEDOWN (2018), CONFIDENCE (2023). Short stories: BUGSY (2024). Essays & criticism in The Point, Believer, NYT, Washington Post, Granta, &c. Post-postmodern, unoptimized.
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