{"product_id":"slug-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"Slug and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMegan Milks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Carefully considered, successful instances of experimental fiction\" disrupt gender, genre, and identity in this deranged, otherworldly collection (\u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA woman metamorphoses into a giant slug; another quite literally eats her heart out; a wasp falls in love with an orchid; and hair starts sprouting from the walls. These stories slip and slide between genres--from video games to fan fiction, body horror to choose-your-own-adventure--as characters cycle through giddying changes in gender, physiology, species, and identity. Collapsing boundaries between bodies and forms, these fictions interrogate the visceral, gross, and absurd.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is fucking weird,\" wrote Brit Mandelo in 2015. It's only gotten weirder since. \u003cem\u003eSlug and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e is a revised and expanded edition of a contemporary cult classic. Finally back in print, this collection is a testament to the messy anti-logic of queer feelings by a revelatory new voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMegan Milks\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eMargaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRemember the Internet: Tori Amos Bootleg Webring\u003c\/em\u003e. With Marisa Crawford, they are coeditor of \u003cem\u003eWe Are the Baby-Sitters Club: Essays and Artwork from Grown-Up Readers\u003c\/em\u003e; with KJ Cerankowski, they are coeditor of \u003cem\u003eAsexualities: Feminist and Queer Perspectives\u003c\/em\u003e. Born in Virginia, they currently live in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 09, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767945134368,"sku":"9781952177842","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f1695bce03065bb3529a5d2ffdaf5183.webp?v=1780321129","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/slug-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}