\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Sean Carswell is a wonderful storyteller. . . . Reading his stuff makes you laugh and makes you think.\u0026rdquo;\u0026mdash;Howard Zinn\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;[Carswell\u0026rsquo;s writing is] the antidote to what is so boring or safe or wrong with modern book publishing.\u0026rdquo;\u0026mdash;Joe Meno, author of \u003ci\u003eHairstyles of the Damned\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrain Wreck Girl\u003c/i\u003e is the funny and tragic story of one man\u0026rsquo;s quest to figure out what to do with his life now that it\u0026rsquo;s too late for him to die young.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter finding his girlfriend dead on the railroad tracks right after breaking up with her, Danny McGregor\u0026mdash;Flagstaff bartender and surfer without an ocean\u0026mdash;rides the next bus out of Arizona, fleeing to his Cocoa Beach, Florida, hometown, where a maelstrom of past ghosts await.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack in Florida, his treacherous friend, Bart, finds Danny a job picking up corpses. Sophie, a former crazy girlfriend who stabbed Danny, wants to rekindle their relationship. Taylor, a twelve-year-old neighborhood girl, only wants Danny to teach her to surf. And then there\u0026rsquo;s Helen, with a face that launched a dozen Greyhounds. Through the chaos, Danny discovers his strengths amid all his weaknesses and is able to move forward while making peace with his past.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSean Carswell\u003c/b\u003e is a former carpenter, housepainter, dishwasher, and warehouse clerk. His fiction has appeared in dozens of literary journals. He has been a staff writer for \u003ci\u003eFlipside\u003c/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eClamor\u003c/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eInk 19\u003c/i\u003e, and is a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eRazorcake\u003c/i\u003e. A co-founder of Gorsky Press, he is currently a professor at the University of California.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e
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