salt slow

salt slow

<p><b>Shortlisted for the <i>Sunday Times </i>Young Writer of the Year Award</b><br><b></b><br><b>From White Review Short Story Prize winner Julia Armfield, a brilliant, provocative debut story collection for fans of Carmen Maria Machado and Kelly Link.</b></p><p>In her electrifying debut, Julia Armfield explores women’s experiences in contemporary society, mapped through their bodies. As urban dwellers’ sleeps become disassociated from them, like Peter Pan’s shadow, a city turns insomniac. A teenager entering puberty finds her body transforming in ways very different than her classmates’. As a popular band gathers momentum, the fangirls following their tour turn into something monstrous. After their parents remarry, two step-sisters, one a girl and one a wolf, develop a dangerously close bond. And in an apocalyptic landscape, a pregnant woman begins to realize that the creature in her belly is not what she expected. </p><p>Blending elements of horror, science fiction, mythology, and feminism, <i>salt slow</i> is an utterly original collection of short stories that are sure to dazzle and shock, heralding the arrival of a daring new voice.</p>