Eagle Harbor Book Company will welcome a trio of writers from the far side of the state to the used book annex for a special get together at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 6 in celebration of Leyna Krow’s new short story collection, “I’m Fine, But You Appear to be Sinking.”

Spokane short story writer Krow, and poets Ellen Welcker and Ben Cartwright, will all read their work.

Krow’s stories have appeared in Hayden’s Ferry Review, Prairie Schooner, Ninth Letter, and other publications. In this new volume, the strange collides with the mundane: close to home and far from it, in suburban neighborhoods and rural communities, with cycling apocalypses and backyard tigers. Each story stands alone, but they are connected through reoccurring imagery and a shared theme of protagonists in emotional peril. At its core, the collection is imbued with mystery, oddity, humor and empathy, but what it really wants to show us is that we’re never really alone — most especially when we’re certain that we are.

Welcker’s second collection of poems, “Ram Hands,” is just out from Scablands Books. Her first book, “The Botanical Garden,” was selected by Eleni Sikelianos for the 2009 Astrophil Poetry Prize. She is a recipient of a 2016 GAP grant from Artist Trust, for her manuscript-in-progress, “The Pink Tablet,” and chapbook of those poems are forthcoming from Fact-Simile Books.

Cartwright’s work has appeared in The Pinch, DIAGRAM, West Branch, Seneca Review, and elsewhere. His debut poetry collection “After Our Departure” was chosen by Nance Van Winckel as the winner of the Powder Horn Prize, and was published by Sage Hill Press in 2016. He teaches at Spokane Falls Community College.

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