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Tom Hazuka

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About the writer:
TOM HAZUKA has published the novels The Road to the Island, In the City of the Disappeared and Last Chance for First, as well as seventy short stories, two books of nonfiction (both co-written with C.J. Jones), and a memoir, If You Turn to Look Back, which explores his return to Chile twenty-three years after he was a Peace Corps Volunteer there during the Pinochet dictatorship. Visible Human, a collection of his flash fiction, was published in 2025. He has edited or co-edited ten anthologies, including Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction Funny, Flash Nonfiction Funny, Sudden Flash Youth, A Celestial Omnibus, You Have Time for This and Flash Nonfiction Food. Tom is also a singer-songwriter; links to his writing and original songs can be found at tomhazuka.com. He taught fiction writing at Central Connecticut State University for many years.

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