{"product_id":"pretend-its-my-body-stories-paperback","title":"Pretend It's My Body: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLuke Dani Blue\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInformed by the author's experience in and between genders, this debut story collection blurs fantasy and reality, excavating new meanings from our varied dysphorias. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMisfit mothers, prodigal \"undaughters,\" con artists, and middle-aged runaways populate these ten short stories that blur the lives we wish for with the ones we actually lead. A tornado survivor grapples with a new identity, a trans teen psychic can read only indecisive minds, and a woman informs her family of her plans to upload her consciousness and abandon her body. Luke Dani Blue invites the reader into a world of outlier lives made central and magical thinking made real. Surreal, darkly humorous, and always deeply felt, \u003ci\u003ePretend It's My Body\u003c\/i\u003e is bound together by the act of searching--for a spark of recognition and a story of one's own.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuke Dani Blue\u003c\/b\u003e's stories have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eColorado Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrab Orchard Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and have been included on the list of the year's most distinguished stories in Best American Short Stories 2016. Originally from Michigan, Luke Dani Blue (they\/them) is a two-time college dropout and time-traveling Victorian invalid who resides most reliably on the internet. They are also an astrologer. This is their first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 18, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766270492960,"sku":"9781952177033","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2e8455257631b5111df9befbb92cbfc2.webp?v=1780288870","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/pretend-its-my-body-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}