This is the first installment of the semi-annual anthology from Flatmancrooked Publishing. This edition features a Jorge Luis Borges story not currently in print in English, and new fiction from Ha Jin you have not read, because we published it first. This book also introduces the work of James Bartels, Bessie Nadine Sweet, James Kaelan, Emma Straub, Thomas McCafferty, Crystal Anne Cheney, Chris Robinson, David Dumitru, and Jim O'Loughlin. Keywords: flat man crooked, flatman crooked, flat mancrooked, Sacramento publishing, Northern California.