title: Mixed Up: Cocktail Recipes (and Flash Fiction) for the Discerning Drinker (and Reader)
author: Nick Mamatas
description: "Seriously, why hasn't anyone thought of this before? <i>Mixed Up</i> pleases the palate and the soul with its sharp pairing of cocktail-inspired short fiction and delightfully rendered recipes and drink-origins. With the help of this book, you too can be the life of the party, for once. Get loaded with <i>Mixed Up</i>." Paul Tremblay, Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of <i>A Head Full of Ghosts</i> and <i>Disappearance at Devil's Rock</i><br /> <br /> "Full of tales that really get why so many of us love cocktail culture: the camaraderie and tenuous connections that a truly well-made cocktail can engender . . . Go on. Give it a stir." <i>the Gourmez</i><br /> <br /> "[Mixed Up] would be a good addition to your bar, and you can read some fiction during your mixology downtimes." <i>Fantasy Literature</i>
zlib_text: Getting The Edge
  Copyright 2015 
   Alexandra Warren
  Cover Art by Visual Luxe
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  This is a work of fiction. Any similarity to
  real locations, people, or events is coincidental and
  unintentional.
  
  ~Acknowledgements~
   
  Thank you God.
   
  Thank you Mr. Perry.
   
  Thank you Mommy and Daddy Warren.
   
  Thank you JayBird and Tom-Tom Warren.
   
  Thank you Christina.
   
  Thank you Trevesia.
   
  Family, Friends, Readers, You’re all awesome.
   
  
  ariel.
  I should be having a lot more fun than this.
  I downed a shot of tequila and chased it with some mixed drink the
  bartender talked me into, hoping it would loosen me up and force me to do
  something crazy for the sake of some action. Unfortunately, I knew it would
  take at least a few minutes to settle in so I took another sip of the drink
  thinking 