{"product_id":"out-there-stories-kate-folk-paperback","title":"Out There: Stories -- Kate Folk, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA thrilling new voice in fiction injects the absurd into the everyday to present a startling vision of modern life, \"[as] if Kafka and Camus and Bradbury were penning episodes of \u003ci\u003eBlack Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e\" (Chang-Rae Lee, author of \u003ci\u003eMy Year Abroad\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e\n\n\"Stories so sharp and ingenious you may cut yourself on them while reading.\"--Kelly Link, author of \u003ci\u003eGet In Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD - ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books, Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a focus on the weird and eerie forces that lurk beneath the surface of ordinary experience, Kate Folk's debut collection is perfectly pitched to the madness of our current moment. A medical ward for a mysterious bone-melting disorder is the setting of a perilous love triangle. A curtain of void obliterates the globe at a steady pace, forcing Earth's remaining inhabitants to decide with whom they want to spend eternity. A man fleeing personal scandal enters a codependent relationship with a house that requires a particularly demanding level of care. And in the title story, originally published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003ea woman in San Francisco uses dating apps to find a partner despite the threat posed by \"blots,\" preternaturally handsome artificial men dispatched by Russian hackers to steal data. Meanwhile, in a poignant companion piece, a woman and a blot forge a genuine, albeit doomed, connection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePrescient and wildly imaginative, \u003ci\u003eOut There \u003c\/i\u003edepicts an uncanny landscape that holds a mirror to our subconscious fears and desires. Each story beats with its own fierce heart, and together they herald an exciting new arrival in the tradition of speculative literary fiction.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kate Folk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12\/6\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0\" H x 0\" L x 0\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780593231487\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50560029458736,"sku":"9780593231487","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9780593231487_1a7a9c0d-692f-416a-8bf5-c752ed128e0e.jpg?v=1774606155","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/out-there-stories-kate-folk-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}