Jim Bates

Jim Bates is an award-winning author whose stories and poems have appeared in over 300 online and print publications. His collection of short stories Resilience was published in March 2021 by Bridge House Publishing. Short Stuff, a collection of flash fiction and drabbles, was published in October 2021 by Chapeltown Books. Periodic Stories and Periodic Stories Volume Two were published in July and Septemer 2021 by Impspired. Dreamers, a collection of short stories, was published in March 2022 by Clarendon House Publishing. Something Better, a dystopian adventure novella, was published in July 2021 by Dark Myth Publications. Most recently, Periodic Stories Volume Three: A Novel was published in April 2022 by Impspired. His short story “Aliens” was nominated by The Zodiac Press for the 2020 Pushcart Prize. His story “The Maple Leaf” was voted 2021 story of the year for Spillwords. He lives in a small-town west of Minneapolis, Minnesota. All of his work can be found on his blog here.