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“Gergley’s prose poems do not rhyme, but they still follow a certain ABAB format: Absurd, Bleak, Anxious, Bizarre.”
— Zac Smith, author of “Everything is Totally Fine” and “50 Barn Poems”
“Pepper in a pinch of Barthelme, a sprinkle of Russell Edson, a sprig of Etgar Keret, stir ‘til it boils over your hands, the stove, every tile in your kitchen floor—Steve Gergley’s ‘There Are Some Floors Missing’ twists and turns itself in every story and never fails to stick the landing. Are these prose poems or micro-fiction or lost books of the Bible? Mostly they are dreams within dreams within nightmares and fantasies, where every page is deliciously discomfiting and full of awe. Every next line feels like a new metaphor for your life and all our lives. How does he manage to zig every zag, take every wrong turn, and still deliver us to some random perfect deranged destination we never saw coming? Buy the book, take the ride, as they say.”
— Ben Drevlow, editor of BULL Magazine & author of “A Good Ram Is Hard to Find” and “The Book of Rusty”
“‘There Are Some Floors Missing’ is a surreal world of gut punches, sardonic imagery, and minimalistic truths. This collection of prose poems reflect life's kaleidoscopic realities with dark humor. Reading it is like dancing on the edge of bitter dreams, where laughter and tears somehow intertwine.”
— Mallory Smart, editor of Maudlin House & author of “I Keep My Visions To Myself”
Steve Gergley (he/him) is the author of “The Great Atlantic Highway & Other Stories” (Malarkey Books ‘24), “Skyscraper” (West Vine Press ‘23), and “A Quick Primer on Wallowing in Despair” (Leftover Books ‘22). His short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine, Pithead Chapel, Maudlin House, Gone Lawn, Rejection Letters, New World Writing, and others. In addition to writing fiction, he has composed and recorded five albums of original music. He tweets @GergleySteve. More can be found at stevegergleyauthor.wordpress.com.