A Best Book of the Year • Boston Globe • Literary Hub • Electric Literature
“[Marie-Helene] Bertino blurs the line between writer and magician . . . Dazzling.” ―Molly Young, The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)
Electric Literature’s Best Short Story Collection of 2025
A Must-Read: The New York Times Book Review, Bustle, Harper's Bazaar, Esquire, Chicago Review of Books, Our Culture, Literary Hub, Book Riot
Long-listed for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize
Winner of a PEN/O. Henry Prize: “Exit Zero”
Included in The Best American Short Stories: “Viola in Midwinter”
Twelve delightfully strange, haunting stories from the acclaimed, oracular author of Beautyland.