WITH FOXES

The collection highlights all of Kristen's strengths; she has such an ability to capture simple yet intimate moments of everyday life but still imbue then with a tangible energy. And the entirely visceral quality of her writing comes striking through. In this collection, Kristen focuses on queer women in the domestic sphere, with a few veering into the fantastical. In these stories, a woman's parrot continues to mimic her ex girlfriend's voice during sex, a mother searches for her daughters as they play a deathly game, a girl and her friend find a book that allows them to write whatever they want into existence. The collection as a whole is a powerful examination of what it means to be a queer woman - in Florida, naturally, but the emotions Kristen explores are so universal.

Most of the stories have already been published; there's a complete list of publication acknowledgements at the end of the document, but just to highlight a few: "Setting Up Your Voicemail Greeting" was first published at Gulf Coast Journal, "The Graveyard Game" was published at Guernica, and "Cut Out of the Belly" was in the Portland Review.

Kristen Arnett is the NYT bestselling author of the debut novel Mostly Dead Things (Tin House, '19). She is a queer fiction and essay writer. She was awarded Ninth Letter's Literary Award in Fiction and is a columnist for Literary Hub. Her work has appeared at North American Review, The Normal School, Gulf Coast, TriQuarterly, Guernica, Buzzfeed, Electric Literature, McSweeneys, PBS Newshour, Bennington Review, Tin House Flash Fridays/The Guardian, Salon, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. Her story collection, Felt in the Jaw, was published by Split Lip Press and was awarded the 2017 Coil Book Award. She is a Spring 2020 Shearing Fellow at Black Mountain Institute. You can find her on Twitter here: @Kristen_Arnett