NATIONALBESTSELLER-NEWYORKTIMESEDITORS’CHOICE-“TheBrothersGrimmmeetBlackMirrormeetsAliceinWonderland....Insevenremixedfairytales,Linkdeliverswitanddreamlikeintrigue.“--TimeFinalistfortheKirkusPrize-“Thought-provokingandwonderfullytold...soseamlesslyentwinestherealwiththesurrealthatthestoriesthreatentoslipintoreality,resonatinglongafterreading.“--BuzzFeedAnewcollectionfromoneoftoday’sfinestshortstorywriters,MacArthur“GeniusGrant“fellowKellyLink,bestsellingauthorofthePulitzerPrizefinalistGetinTrouble--featuringillustrationsbyaward-winningartistShaunTanABESTBOOKOFTHEYEAR:TheNewYorker,TheNewYorkTimes,TheWashingtonPost,TheNewYorkPublicLibrary,Shondaland,Slate,TheGlobeandMail,ElectricLit,Tordotcom,Polygon,ChicagoPublicLibrary,KirkusReviewsFindingseedsofinspirationinthestoriesoftheBrothersGrimm,seventeenth-centuryFrenchlore,andScottishballads,KellyLinkspinsclassicfairytalesintoutterlyoriginalstoriesofseekers--charactersonthehuntforlove,connection,revenge,ortheirownsenseofpurpose.In“TheWhiteCat’sDivorce,“anagingbillionairesendshisthreesonsonaseriesofabsurdgoosechasestodecidewhichchildwillbecomehisheir.In“TheGirlWhoDidNotKnowFear,“aprofessorwithadelicatehealthconditionbecomesstrandedfordaysinanairporthotelafteraconference,desperatetogethometoherwifeandyoungdaughter,andinacutedangerofbeinglateforanappointmentthatcannotbemissed.In“Skinder’sVeil,“ayoungmanagreestotakeoveraremotehouse-sittinggigforafriend.Butwhatshouldbeachancetofocusonhislong-avoideddissertationinsteadbecomesawildlyunexpectedjourney,asthehouseseemstobeaportalforotherworldlytravelers--orperhapsadoorintohisownmysteriouspsyche.Twistingandturninginastonishingways,expertlyblendingrealismandthespeculative,witty,empathetic,andneverpredictable--thesestoriesremindusonceagainofwhyKellyLinkisincomparableintherealmofshortfiction.
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