Available Feb. 17, 2026. Twelve loosely-linked stories of slow-learners who teach us how to fail and forgive and try again to forge connections in all the troubled spaces we’re so desperate to share. “Surprising, very funny, and brimming with compassion.”–Lori Ostlund, author of Are You Happy?
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“OUR 13th DIVORCE is a vibrant exploration of what it means to be in a lasting (key word there) and committed relationship. Matt Cashion’s gift for witty, realistic dialogue is excellent, as is his ability to locate fragility and tenderness where you least expect it.”–Jill McCorkle, Life After Life.
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LAST WORDS OF THE HOLY GHOST, winner of the 2015 Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction. These 12 stories showcase a dynamic range of voices belonging to obsessive storytellers who can’t stop confessing. They survive their sorrows with well-timed laughter, they slouch toward forgiveness, and they point their ears toward the Holy Ghost’s last words. “…heartrending and, at the same time, hardened by humor that is brilliantly and painfully hilarious.”–Asheville Citizen-Times
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HOW THE SUN SHINES ON NOISE (Livingston Press)
“…invites comparison’s to John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces….an entertaining and memorable Southern picaresque.” (Charlotte Observer)
Selected Stories available online:
“The Enormous Typewriter” Literal Latte.
“Any Idiot Can Feel Pain” Grist: a Journal for Writers.
“Nothing Ruins a Good Story Like an Eyewitness” The Short Story Project.
“What Kills You” The Carolina Quarterly.
“Chuck Langford Jr., Depressed Auctioneer, Takes Action” storySouth.
Selected poetry: “An Hour After Breakfast,” The Sun, No 368. Reprinted in The Mysterious Life of the Heart: Stories from The Sun about Passion, Longing, and Love.
Matt Cashion 
“How the Sun Shines on Noise” is one of my all-time favorite books, and I am eager to read the new collection of stories and the novel. Please keep me posted on readings and publication information.
Matt, my name is Bill Broker and I am the older brother of your former St. Francis Xavier classmate, Patrick Broker. Patrick and I spoke about you the other day and your writing. He noted that you would be on St. Simons June 4 for a talk. I am on the board of the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home Foundation here in Savannah and was curious if you might have any interest in having such an event at the home. We frequently host writers to talk about (and sell) their books. With your permission, I will speak with the house manager about possibly arranging things. It is so good to learn of yet another successful writer emerging from the depths of Glynn County!
Hello Bill–so good to make your acquaintance, finally. I just received your kind note about the possibility of visiting Flannery O’Connor’s childhood home in Savannah, and I’d be thrilled to do so. Flannery has long been my favorite writer, and Savannah is certainly one of my favorite cities. Let me know what I can do to help with your advancing the idea. If email is best, you can reach me at: cashion.matt@gmail.com. Thanks again for reaching out–that means a lot! I look forward to chatting more.
{p.s. I just sent this same mssg to FB messenger; wasn’t sure which you’d see first).