Alan Catlin

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Small Talk

I asked her what
her favorite book was
and she said,
"Nausea.

My whole life feels
like moving from one
air pocket to the next."

I dreaded what she
was going to ask me
in return.

Dreaded what I might
have to say.

Alan Catlin has been publishing for six decades. His work has appeared in hundreds, if not thousands of journals, from the completely obscure, defunct and going strong, respectable university magazines. Once upon a time he published a full length "mini book", something like 2 x 2 inches, called Short Shots based on his experiences as a barman.