{"product_id":"from-the-neck-up-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"From the Neck Up and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAliya Whiteley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Feels like a major collection\" - The Washington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA short fiction collection to stand with Ted Chiang's \u003ci\u003eExhalation\u003c\/i\u003e and Kelly Link's \u003ci\u003eMagic for Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe new collection of beautiful, strange and disarming short stories from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Beauty, \u003c\/i\u003eClarke Award nominee\u003ci\u003e The Loosening Skin\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Arrival of Missives, \u003c\/i\u003e Aliya Whiteley. In 16 stories Whiteley deftly unpeels the strangeness of everyday life through beguiling gardens, rebellious bodies and journeys across familiar worlds, with her trademark wit and compassion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWitness the future of farming in a new Ice Age, or the artist bringing life to glass; the many-eyed monsters we carry and the secret cities inside our bodies; the alien invasion through our language to the Chantress and her twists on the fairy tale. Fascinating and always unexpected, Whiteley is unlike any other writer working today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAliya Whiteley\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Devon in 1974, and currently lives in West Sussex, UK. She writes novels, short stories and non-fiction and has been published in places such as \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian, Interzone, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Black Static, Strange Horizons, \u003c\/i\u003e and anthologies such as Unsung Stories' \u003ci\u003e2084\u003c\/i\u003e and Lonely Planet's \u003ci\u003eBetter than Fiction I \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eII\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been shortlisted for an Arthur C. Clarke Award, Shirley Jackson Award, British Fantasy and British Science Fiction awards, the John W Campbell Award, and a James Tiptree Jr award. Her stories are unpredictable; they can be terrifying, tender, ferocious and deeply funny. She also regularly reviews film, books and television for \u003ci\u003eDen of Geek\u003c\/i\u003e. She blogs at: aliyawhiteley.wordpress.com and she tweets most days as @AliyaWhiteley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 14, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769020547360,"sku":"9781789094756","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/94fd6853ddeece199bf3bde0173d9541.webp?v=1780341197","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/from-the-neck-up-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}