Literature, Fiction
ISBN: 9780990454625 (Print)
9780990454632 (eBook)
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About the Author

PATRICK TROTTI is the author of a novella, The Day The Cloud Stood Still
(Ever Books/Pteron Press), and a mixed-genre chapbook, Fracture(d) (Bottlecap Press). His short fiction and poetry have appeared in dozens of literary magazines and journals, both in print and online. He lives in Tarrytown, New York, where he is a freelance writer, editor, and avid baseball fan.

Come Tomorrow You'll Regret Today: Collected Stories

​Patrick Trotti

A high-school dropout struggles through the labyrinthine college admissions process as he is reluctantly drawn into the breakdown of his parents’ toxic marriage. A recovering addict finds out on Facebook that his best friend is dead; a college freshman accidentally comes across his high-school girlfriend on a porn site.  Set against a backdrop of abandoned factories, faceless strip malls, and suburban alienation, these unsettling and deceptively simple stories capture the ambivalence and innocence of a generation coming to terms with a fundamentally stagnant world where the disappointments of everyday life are matched, surreally, with a pathological sense of failure.  Praised for their “sentences of perfect economy” and “concise, unadorned prose,” these “taut” and “truly frightening” visions of post-industrial despair showcase the startling maturity of a talented writer who is, according to one contemporary, “in full command of his craft.”
Advance Acclaim for Come Tomorrow You'll Regret Today: Collected Stories

“In concise, unadorned prose, Patrick Trotti considers the pain and crisis of our American moment. Trotti's taut collection is a tender meditation on the quiet uncertainties of life. While those uncertainties have the power to overwhelm, for Trotti, they also have the potential to
inspire, bewilder and delight. There are no answers here, only shattering and glorious questions. Trotti's stories are a triumph of restraint and invention.”
- Amber Dermont, New York Times bestselling author of The Starboard Sea

“In sentences of perfect economy, Trotti has unveiled something truly frightening. I was sometimes left so sad reading these stories, I found myself repeating my favorite phrases, consoling myself by letting it happen again. I wanted more and more.”
- Richard Chiem, author of You Private Person