“Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days.”

- Flannery O’Connor


Sheree Shatsky is the author of the novella-in-flash Summer 1969 (Ad Hoc Fiction 2023). She is a contributor to MAINTENANT 18: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art ‘PLUTOCRAZY’ (Three Rooms Press 2024). Her work has appeared in a variety of journals.

She serves as a First Reader at Reckon Review and is a member of Literary Cleveland.

​Ms. Shatsky attended the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop summer session 2021 and was selected by the AWP Writer to Writer Mentorship Program as a Spring 2018 mentee for flash fiction. Her work has been nominated for Best of The Net 2024 (Gone Lawn), Best Microfiction 2022 (Splonk Flash) and Best Microfiction 2020 (Fictive Dream and MoonPark Review).

She calls Florida home and is a Tom Petty fan.


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Summer 1969 Ad Hoc Fiction (2023) https://linktr.ee/shereeshatsky