In Ed Komenda’s debut chapbook collection, an unnamed man vows to become the King of Quitters—the best quitter there ever was. A young boy and his cousin learn the greatest lesson of all. A newspaper reporter throws away his career (and credibility) over a misreported puff piece, and the ghost of Richard Brautigan is alive and well at Bob’s Java Jive, Tacoma, Washinton’s preeminent dive bar.

Ed’s gift for a turn of phrase, dirty realism, and a wicked sense of humor pervade this near perfect collection.

50 pages.

Ed Komenda is a writer based in the Pacific Northwest. He spent 16 years as a newspaper reporter across the US. His stories have appeared in Schuylkill Valley Journal, Farewell Transmission, and BULL. Find him here.

Cover photograph by Jody Poorwill.