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Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird
A General Fiction Short Story Collection by Agustina Bazterrica
Subgenres:
- Dark Fiction,
- Short Stories,
- Dystopian
This book is for you if you're into...
- Short stories that blend brutality with dark humor
- Unsettling takes on love, friendship, and taboo desires
- Vivid, surreal scenarios that push boundaries of reality
An NPR Best Book of 2023
A collection of nineteen dark, wildly imaginative short stories from the author of the award-winning TikTok sensation Tender Is the Flesh.
From celebrated author Agustina Bazterrica, this collection of nineteen brutal, darkly funny short stories takes into our deepest fears and through our most disturbing fantasies.
Through stories about violence, alienation, and dystopia, Bazterrica's vision of the human experience emerges in complex, unexpected ways—often unsettling, sometimes thrilling, and always profound.
In "Roberto," a girl claims to have a rabbit between her legs.
A woman's neighbor jumps to his death in "A Light, Swift, and Monstrous Sound," and in "Candy Pink," a woman fails to contend with a difficult breakup in five easy steps.
Written in Bazterrica's signature clever, vivid style, these stories question love, friendship, family relationships, and unspeakable desires.
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