Flatbush Fiction

About the Book

Written with quills on the backs of eighteen-thousand fortune cookie fortunes and then taped together, FLATBUSH FICTION is written with the intensity of a staring contest, the passion of a maraschino cherry, and the lucidity of a monk achieving consciousness on his deathbed lying on top of Curious George sheets. With some of the same words as the Bible, the Talmud, and the Koran, FLATBUSH FICTION is sure to inspire fanaticism and prayer among one or two people. From a parody of Lolita to a story about dancing naked with monkeys, the stories contained here can be wadded up into bottles and sent out to sea. Inventive, exciting, funny, poignant, this thick book might very well be in your shirt pocket when you go back in time and take a bullet from Jesse James. In short: this book can save your life.

About the Author

Gabriel Leif Bellman was born in Eugene, Oregon. He was awarded a Bachelor’s from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts (’95), a Master’s from New York University (’99), and a Juris Doctorate from U. C. Hastings ('05). He has been a high-school teacher; MTV producer; umbrella salesman; restaurant host; dishwasher; lumber feeder; assembly liner; slam poet; warehouse stacker; SOMA magazine correspondent; opera composer at Juilliard, groundskeeper; and ‘Playboy’ assistant. He has worked construction (Mexico); lived abroad (Spain, Ireland, Holland); and devoted extensive time to traveling (Europe, North Africa, the United States, Middle East, and Caribbean). He directed a film while traveling with the circus in Ireland (‘Duffy’s Irish Circus’ 2005). He has worked with female prisoners in California. Currently, Mr. Bellman lives in San Francisco where he is an attorney. One of the underrated 3-point shooters of his generation, Mr. Bellman won the Los Angeles city hoops championship in 1995. His agent gladly fields calls about his NBA availability (he will only sign with a title contender).