{"product_id":"hellions-stories-paperback","title":"Hellions: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulia Elliott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2026 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2026 Southern Book Prize \u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Month\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I am obsessed with these lush, feral stories.\"―Carmen Maria Machado, author of \u003ci\u003eHer Body and Other Parties\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Beautiful, visceral, surprising stories, both wild and dangerous, with a Southern twang but universal appeal. Elliott is an Angela Carter for our times.\"―Jeff VanderMeer, author of \u003ci\u003eAbsolution\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wilds\u003c\/i\u003e comes an electric story collection that blends folklore, fairy tales, Southern Gothic, and horror, reveling in the collision of the familiar with the wildly surreal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a plague-stricken medieval convent, a nun works on a forbidden mystic manuscript, pining for Christ's love. During a long, muggy July in rural South Carolina, an adolescent girl finds unexpected power as her family obsesses over the horror film \u003ci\u003eThe Exorcist\u003c\/i\u003e. On the outskirts of a Southern college town, a young woman resists the tyranny of a shape-shifting older professor as she develops her own sorceress skills. And at a feminist art colony in the North Carolina mountains, a group of mothers contends with the supernatural talents their children have picked up from a pair of mysterious orphans who live in the woods. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith exuberance, ferocity, and astounding imagination, Julia Elliott's \u003ci\u003eHellions\u003c\/i\u003e jumps from the occult to the comic, from the horrific to the wondrous, presenting earthbound characters who long for the otherworldly.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia Elliott\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the story collection \u003ci\u003eThe Wilds\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice, and the novel \u003ci\u003eThe New and Improved Romie Futch\u003c\/i\u003e (both from Tin House). Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Georgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. She has won a Rona Jaffe Writers' Award, and her stories have been anthologized in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches English and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of South Carolina and lives in Columbia with her husband, daughter, and five hens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51895283941664,"sku":"9781963108064","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/UdkrdU6MuI9781963108064.webp?v=1782033003","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/hellions-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}