About the Author

Grant Bailie is a Cleveland-based writer and artist, and has been honored by the Writer’s & Poets League of Greater Cleveland. His novels include Cloud 8 and Mortarville, and his stories have appeared in Night Train, Opium, and Smokelong Quarterly.

New Hope For Small Men was written during Grant’s participation in Novel: A Living Installation, for which he spent thirty days writing in an architect-designed habitat at New York’s Flux Factory.

Acknowledgements

I would be remiss in not acknowledging the kind attentions of all the people at the Flux Factory during the writing of this book, as well as my temporary and much missed neighbors Ranbir Sidhu and Laurie Stone, to say nothing of the indulgence of my wife and children during the project.

But most especially I would like to dedicate this book to Sara Clarke, who was there for me when I was willing to sell the dedication of this book for a pack of cigarettes. This book is for you, Sara. I have since quit smoking.