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Kate Folk
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A thrilling new voice in fiction injects the absurd into the everyday to present a startling vision of modern life, “[as] if Kafka and Camus and Bradbury were penning episodes of Black Mirror” (Chang-Rae Lee, author of My Year Abroad).
“Stories so sharp and ingenious you may cut yourself on them while reading.”—Kelly Link, author of Get In Trouble
FINALIST FOR THE CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Chicago Review of Books, Kirkus Reviews
With a focus on the weird and eerie forces that lurk beneath the surface of ordinary experience, Kate Folk’s debut collection is perfectly pitched to the madness of our current moment. A medical ward for a mysterious bone-melting disorder is the setting of a perilous love triangle. A curtain of void obliterates the globe at a steady pace, forcing Earth’s remaining inhabitants to decide with whom they want to spend eternity. A man fleeing personal scandal enters a codependent relationship with a house that requires a particularly demanding level of care. And in the title story, originally published in The New Yorker, a woman in San Francisco uses dating apps to find a partner despite the threat posed by “blots,” preternaturally handsome artificial men dispatched by Russian hackers to steal data. Meanwhile, in a poignant companion piece, a woman and a blot forge a genuine, albeit doomed, connection.
Prescient and wildly imaginative, Out There depicts an uncanny landscape that holds a mirror to our subconscious fears and desires. Each story beats with its own fierce heart, and together they herald an exciting new arrival in the tradition of speculative literary fiction.
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“Out There is for readers who consider body horror to be a love language. True romantics will swoon either despite or because of the gore that accompanies these sharp, affable stories . . . Folk’s stories have been compared to Shirley Jackson’s, and this is most apparent in the way Folk balances her horror with humor.”—The New York Times Book Review
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When Yui loses both her mother and her daughter in the tsunami, she begins to mark the passage of time from that date onward: Everything is relative to March 11, 2011, the day the tsunami tore Japan apart and when grief took hold of her life. Yui struggles to continue on, alone with her pain. Then, one day she hears about a man who has an old disused telephone booth in his garden. There, those who have lost loved ones find the strength to speak to them and begin to come to terms with their grief. As news of the phone booth spreads, people travel to it from miles around.
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Heart and depth
- De Anonymous User en 12-18-22
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Nicked
- A Novel
- De: M. T. Anderson
- Narrado por: Euan Morton
- Duración: 7 h y 55 m
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The year is 1087, and a pox is sweeping through the Italian city of Bari. When a lowly monk is visited by Saint Nicholas in his dreams, he interprets the vision as a call to serve the sick. But his superiors, and the power brokers they serve, have different plans for the tender-hearted Brother Nicephorus. Enter Tyun, a charismatic treasure hunter renowned for “liberating” holy relics from their tombs. The seven-hundred-year-old bones of Saint Nicholas are rumored to weep a mysterious liquid that can heal the sick, Tyun says.
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Wildly imaginative yet based on real events
- De Durm Guy en 10-08-24
De: M. T. Anderson
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Even If This Love Disappears Tonight
- De: Misaki Ichijo, Winifred Bird
- Narrado por: Yuuki Luna, Earl T Kim, Suzie Yeung
- Duración: 6 h y 23 m
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When Tooru Kamiya is pushed into falsely confessing his love to Maori Hino, she tells him she’ll date him on three conditions. 1) Don’t talk to her until after school. 2) Keep any communication between them concise. 3) Don’t really fall in love. Unfortunately, he isn’t able to keep the last rule-and when he tells her how he feels, she reveals that she has an illness that prevents her from remembering anything that happened the previous day, and that she uses a diary to keep track. But Tooru is determined to build a relationship with her, one day at a time…
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T__T
- De Kindle Customer en 03-04-24
De: Misaki Ichijo, y otros
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Storyteller
- De: Leslie Marmon Silko
- Narrado por: Tara Gatewood
- Duración: 6 h y 35 m
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Leslie Marmon Silko's groundbreaking book Storyteller, first published in 1981, blends original short stories and poetry influenced by the traditional oral tales that she heard growing up on the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico with autobiographical passages, folktales, family memories, and photographs. As she mixes traditional and Western literary genres, Silko examines themes of memory, alienation, power, and identity; communicates Native American notions regarding time, nature, and spirituality; and explores how stories and storytelling shape people and communities.
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excitement unrequited
- De susanneb en 08-08-23
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First Person Singular
- Stories
- De: Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel - translator
- Narrado por: Kotaro Watanabe
- Duración: 5 h y 24 m
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From the internationally acclaimed Haruki Murakami comes a mind-bending new collection of short stories, all touching beautifully on love and solitude, childhood and memory...all with a signature Murakami twist. The eight stories in this new book are all told in the first person by a classic Murakami narrator. From memories of youth, meditations on music, and an ardent love of baseball, to dreamlike scenarios and invented jazz albums, together these stories challenge the boundaries between our minds and the exterior world.
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A Murakami novel ruined by the wrong narrator
- De Amazon Customer en 07-10-21
De: Haruki Murakami, y otros
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Behind the Curve: Book 1
- The Farm, Book 1
- De: Boyd Craven III
- Narrado por: Kevin Pierce
- Duración: 6 h y 8 m
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When the pandemic hit, nobody was expecting it to be as bad as it was. The economy barely survived the lockdowns, but it staggered along until civil unrest shattered people’s hope of better times to come. With it being an election year, more and more Americans were waking up to the idea that they truly were behind the curve. The hope was if they did not get sick, run out of money, or could avoid violent mobs, they would be fine.
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Great idea, too crude.
- De Larry Amon en 01-13-21
De: Boyd Craven III
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Into the Black
- Odyssey One, Book 1
- De: Evan Currie
- Narrado por: David de Vries
- Duración: 14 h y 59 m
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Beyond the confines of our small world, far from the glow of our star, lies a galaxy and universe much larger and more varied than anyone on Earth can possibly imagine. For the new NAC spacecraft Odyssey and her crew, the unimaginable facets of this untouched world are about to become reality. The Odyssey’s maiden voyage is an epic adventure destined to make history. Captain Eric Weston and his crew, pushing past the boundaries of security, encounter horrors, wonders, monsters, and people, all of which will test their resolve.
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I’ve listened to this book a lot over several years; The new performer is great!
- De Amazon Customer en 09-15-19
De: Evan Currie
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The Mermaid
- De: Christina Henry
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 8 h y 44 m
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Once there was a mermaid called Amelia who could never be content in the sea, a mermaid who longed to know all the world and all its wonders, and so she came to live on land. Once there was a man called P. T. Barnum, a man who longed to make his fortune by selling the wondrous and miraculous, and there is nothing more miraculous than a real mermaid. Amelia agrees to play the mermaid for Barnum and walk among men in their world, believing she can leave anytime she likes. But Barnum has never given up a money-making scheme in his life, and he's determined to hold on to his mermaid.
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On the fence
- De Kindle Customer en 07-09-18
De: Christina Henry
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Kings of Paradise
- Ash and Sand, Book 1
- De: Richard Nell
- Narrado por: Ralph Lister
- Duración: 25 h y 31 m
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Ruka, called a demon at birth, is a genius. Born malformed and ugly into the snow-covered wasteland of the Ascom, he was spared from death by his mother's love. Now he is an outcast, consumed with hate for those who've wronged him. But to take his vengeance, he must first survive. Across a vast sea in the white-sand island paradise of Sri Kon, Kale is fourth and youngest son of the Sorcerer King. As the first prince ever forced to serve with low-born marines, Kale must prove himself and become a man, or else lose all chance of a worthy future, and any hope to win the love of his life.
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Grimdark at its finest
- De C.T. en 10-09-18
De: Richard Nell
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Clytemnestra
- De: Costanza Casati
- Narrado por: Olivia Vinall
- Duración: 14 h y 54 m
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You are born to a king, but marry a tyrant. You stand helplessly as he sacrifices your child to placate the gods. You watch him wage war on a foreign shore and you comfort yourself with violent thoughts of your own. You play the part, fooling enemies who deny you justice. And slowly, you plot. But when your husband returns in triumph, what then? Acceptance or vengeance—death follows both. So you bide your time and force the gods' hands in a wretched game of vengeance.
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A killer story for the killer Queen
- De Stefan Filipovits en 05-02-23
De: Costanza Casati
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Cultivating Chaos
- VeilVerse: Cultivating Chaos, Book 1
- De: William D. Arand
- Narrado por: Andrea Parsneau
- Duración: 13 h y 16 m
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Ash led a very normal life by his own standards. Right up until he was literally pulled into a portal that spat him out into another world. One that was full of martial arts. And martial artists who could use magic. Three years of living his life as one of the citizens, those without power, and Ash has figured out how to survive with his adoptive family and a lot of persistence. His goals in life have become to give back to those who gave to him. And he’d do whatever he had to to do that. Except Ash is about to get his life turned around again.
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reasonably entertaining but with significant flaws
- De LI en 06-29-19
De: William D. Arand
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Forward
- Stories of Tomorrow
- De: Veronica Roth, Blake Crouch, Amor Towles, y otros
- Narrado por: Evan Rachel Wood, Rosa Salazar, Jason Isaacs, y otros
- Duración: 8 h y 24 m
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For some, it’s the end of the world. For others, it’s just the beginning. With brilliant imagination, today’s most visionary writers point to the future in a collection curated by bestselling author Blake Crouch. These stories range from darkly comic to deeply chilling, but they all look forward. Featuring stories by Andy Weir, Amor Towles, Veronica Roth, N. K. Jemisin, Paul Tremblay, and Blake Crouch; with narration by Evan Rachel Wood, David Harbour, Jason Isaacs, Rosa Salazar, Steven Strait, and Janina Gavankar.
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Very weird ride
- De John W en 02-15-20
De: Veronica Roth, y otros
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Aftershocks
- The Palladium Wars, Book 1
- De: Marko Kloos
- Narrado por: Luke Daniels
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
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Across the six-planet expanse of the Gaia System, the Earthlike Gretia struggles to stabilize in the wake of an interplanetary war. Amid an uneasy alliance to maintain economies, resources, and populations, Aden Robertson reemerges. After devoting fifteen years of his life to the reviled losing side, with the blood of half a million casualties on his hands, Aden is looking for a way to move on. He’s not the only one. A naval officer has borne witness to inconceivable attacks on a salvaged fleet. A sergeant with the occupation forces is treading increasingly hostile ground.
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meh.
- De Rydog en 07-13-19
De: Marko Kloos
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Keeper of Enchanted Rooms
- Whimbrel House, Book 1
- De: Charlie N. Holmberg
- Narrado por: Amanda Leigh Cobb, Graham Halstead, Nicholas Boulton
- Duración: 10 h y 35 m
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Rhode Island, 1846. Estranged from his family, writer Merritt Fernsby is surprised when he inherits a remote estate in the Narragansett Bay. Though the property has been uninhabited for more than a century, Merritt is ready to call it home—until he realizes he has no choice. With its doors slamming shut and locking behind him, Whimbrel House is not about to let Merritt leave. Ever.
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I don't know how to fairly review a book like this
- De Katelyn Standiford en 12-06-22
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Whoever You Are, Honey
- A Novel
- De: Olivia Gatwood
- Narrado por: Olivia Gatwood
- Duración: 8 h y 7 m
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On the Santa Cruz, California, waterfront, every house is a flawless glass monolith. Except for one. In a dilapidated bungalow, Mitty and her elderly roommate, Bethel, are the oddball pair who represent the last vestiges of a free-spirited town taken over by the tech elite. But their lives are about to be forever changed when a new couple, Sebastian and Lena, move in next door. Sebastian is a renowned tech founder and Lena is his girlfriend. But Lena has secrets; she feels uneasy about her oddly spotty memory and is growing increasingly wary of the way Sebastian controls their relationship.
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Interesting…..but kept me listening
- De Kate en 04-10-25
De: Olivia Gatwood
This book held my attention better then anything I’ve attempted recently
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Delightfuly strange
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Wonderfully Strange
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Unique and fresh.
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Just fantastic
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This was an entertaining book
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Tragically beautiful and honest
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Gonna be thinking about this one for a while. Murakami meets Black Mirror magical realism, set in contemporary every day life. Then one of the stories goes ahead and references Murakami, and I felt both called out and understood lol. Kinda mundane in a relatable way, kinda disturbing in a fantastical way. I don't know how else to describe this collection of stories, but I want to own this book and I'm eager to consume future work that Kate Folk puts out.
this really weaseled it’s way into my brain
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My favorite book of the year so far
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Great Stories Filled with a Big Helping of Weird
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