Masterplans Available Now

Selected by Steve Almond for winner of The Masters Review’s Chapbook Open for Emerging Writers.

“In this debut, Nick Almeida offers prose both precise and startling, stories that provide surprise upon surprise. Masterplans is a hilarious and original collection. This is the work of a bold and sure new writer.”

— Toni Jensen, author of Carry and From the Hilltop

“There’s more of the stuff of life packed into this little chapbook than you’re going to find in pretty much any novel you might read this year. The title story is nothing less than a masterpiece, and every story here pulses and thrums with humor, heartbreak, terror, charm, and wry, hard-won wisdom. Nick Almeida has written a stunner of a debut, and I can’t wait to see what this lavishly gifted young writer delivers next.”

— Ben Fountain, author of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk and Beautiful Country Burn Again