On the romance of feet
When I was a baby, I was caught in my mother’s ribs. That was how she explained my deformed legs to me.
“There wasn’t enough room in my belly for you,” she told me while I knelt in front of the coffee table in the crappy duplex and scribbled in my coloring book. She’d removed my braces for the afternoon so I could play unencumbered. “Your legs got squished inside me.”
My mother was a leggy blond dancer, and I fantasized about growing to look just like her. I even liked her feet, which were big enough to make shoe…
Diehl’s collection gives unique ideas, vibrant images, and a lyrical style to short concentrated narratives.
Dana Diehl
Short Stories | 134 Pages | 5.2” x 8” | Reviewed: Electronic ARC
978–1999974107 | Revised and Expanded Edition | $9.99
Splice | Birmingham, England | BUY HERE
Machado’s collection is a genre-bending blend of sci-fi, literary fiction, folklore, ghost stories, and contemporary media.
Carmen Maria Machado
Stories | 248 Pages | 5.6” x 8.2” | Reviewed: Paperback
978–1555977887 | First Edition | $16.00
Graywolf Press | Minneapolis | BUY HERE
Nash’s short novel is electric, sensual, and brutally human, and explores the boundaries of sexual desire.
Elle Nash
Novel | 128 Pages | 5.8” x 8.8” | Reviewed: Electronic ARC
978–1–938604–43–0 | First Edition | $16.95
Dzanc Books | Ann Arbor | BUY HERE
Scott’s versatile, innovative story collection demonstrates his range with traditional & experimental pieces that defy typical structure.
Rion Amilcar Scott
Stories | 208 Pages | 6” x 9” | Reviewed: Paperback
978–0–8131–7440–2 | First Paperback Edition | $19.95
University Press of Kentucky | Lexington | BUY HERE
Jen Corrigan
Jen Corrigan is a prose writer. She writes book reviews for The Coil.
