"The stories in Automatically Hip, John McCaffrey's latest collection, are funny, irreverent and imbued with creative soul." Scott Hamilton-Kennedy, Academy Award(R) nominee

"Automatically Hip begins with a story of Thelonious Monk and then applies the jazz legend's improvisational technique to prose. McCaffrey's vignettes are jazzy riffs on the quieter moments of human connection. They are musical, surprising, and a pleasure." Iris Smyles, Author of Dating Tips for the Unemployed

"If you haven't read one of John McCaffrey's stories, you're in for a treat. John consistently looks at things carefully and originally. He describes them thoughtfully, and never ceases to surprise his reader with unexpected, yet earned outcomes. His attention to language, fine dialogue, and high-level character development is dependably excellent and simply a pleasure. Take a look at the first story, and title of the book, Automatically Hip. I'm sure you'll eagerly want to read all of John's refreshing, always enjoyable work." Burt Weissbourd, Author of Danger in Plain Sight

"John McCaffrey's Automatically Hip is an amazing, compact, powerful and insightful plunge into the collective loneliness, and the disjointed togetherness, of our tattered country. His fourteen brief but breathtaking stories reassure us that there are people still out there searching for something-and in today's chaotic, fractured world, the search is all that matters. McCaffrey is truly an old-school storyteller in a post-modern world, who captures the unsteadiness of our age with great humor and compassion. Pick up this book, dear reader, and brace yourself-these stories come fast, and each one packs a sweet little punch." Frank Haberle, Author of Shufflers

"McCaffrey has deviated from the idiosyncratic to gift us with vignettes of brief, human warmness. The multitude of voices in Automatically Hip speak to us in one magnificent language; empathy and compassion." Erik Raschke, Author of The Book of Samuel