Allison Renner’s debut flash fiction chapbook, Won’t Be By Your Side, is out now from Alien Buddha Press.

Get your copy here!

Recent Publications

Close Your Eyes published by Visual Verse 5/2023

Midway shortlisted for the Brilliant Flash Fiction Contest 5/2023

Mother of Pearl published by Visual Verse 4/2023

501 published by Spartan 4/2023

Death of an Influencer published by Visual Verse 3/2023

A Minute, A Lifetime published by Visual Verse 12/2022

Colors in the Air published by Visual Verse 11/22/2022

A Love Story in Pantoum published by Visual Verse 10/15/2022

Leaving the Canyon published by Misery Tourism 10/11/2022

No Place Like Home published by Atlas and Alice 8/1/2022

The Man Who Would published by Livina Press 6/17/2022

At Least I Have Nothing published by Rejection Letters 4/27/2022

Witches Do That Sometimes published by MicroLit Almanac 4/26/2022

Freshman published by Discretionary Love 3/27/2022

“The Song That Almost Didn’t Happen” competed in March Faxness, March 2022

“How to Develop Characters in Flash Fiction” published by Flash Fiction Magazine, 2/9/2022

Allison Renner’s first book, Library Volunteers: A Practical Guide for Librarians, was published by Rowman & Littlefield on May 15, 2019.

This work was inspired by Allison’s history as a volunteer for various nonprofits, but especially by her library background. After starting in libraries as a volunteer herself, she has worked as a teen services librarian in a large public library system, and as a school librarian in public and private elementary schools. She has used volunteers in all of these settings, and is grateful for the chance to help others learn how they can maximize volunteers’ efforts.