Join us on Monday, January 13, at 8pm for our fifth annual Short Fiction Night, featuring one of contemporary literature’s most innovative writers, Ben Marcus, who’ll be reading from his new short story collection Leaving the Sea. He’ll be joined by acclaimed debut short fiction author Chinelo Okparanta (Happiness, Like Water), the FC2 2012 Sukenick Prize for Innovative Fiction winner, Luke B. Goebel (Fourteen Stories| None of Them Are Yours), Gigantic magazine cofounder Ann DeWitt (NOON, BOMB), and exciting new star Ryan Chang (Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Everyday Genius)! FREE ADMISSION; $4 pints and book raffle!

Franklin Park is located at 618 St. John’s Place, between Franklin and Classon, in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. We’re less than three blocks from the Brooklyn Museum and Botanic Garden, and a five-minute walk from the 2/3/4/5 subway stop at Franklin and Eastern Parkway.