Robert Scotellaro’s From the Book of Atmospheres is out on April 25th. “The spirit of my father was trapped inside my ballpoint pen,” Robert Scotellaro starts one of his truly delightful new stories. “Must have slipped in when I was changing the refill.” Hilarious, inventive, audacious, Scotellaro’s quick fictions pack a real punch, whether they involve a Peruvian language based on the word “llama,” or a guy in a Fat Elvis band being dumped by his girlfriend for somebody in a Skinny Johnny Cash band. And that father whose spirit is trapped in a fountain pen? Surely not the same father whose wife takes his temper in for an ultrasound, dragging their son along. Robert Scotellaro’s wit and creativity are all over the thirty-two gems that make up From the Book of Atmospheres.
—Charles Rammelkamp, author of Presto and The Trapeze of Your Flesh
Check out the trailer below. Preorder is up and running now.