Parables, Fables, Nightmares Format:Paperback

Parables, Fables, Nightmares Format:PaperbackA man jumps, the platform empties, then the stories begin. Filled with tales of tragedy, love, hope and frustration, Malachi McIntosh's debut collection of short stories offers surreal and satirical accounts of the many perils of contemporary life. From resistant mothers and unexpected corporate climbers, to doomed weddings and unwelcome visitors, these dark, comedic and uncanny stories contend with timeless concerns of parenthood, family, race and

and he's the only one who can find the elusive

'Being a woman

Though diverse

deliver him home

and a Swiftian deadpan

taking another drink

and personal ones

" -- Bhanu Kapil

a freelance writer (Boğaziçi

of a paranoia and miserliness that gradually takes over Jane Chirp’s life and leads her to move to ever more cramped and dingy flats where she surrounds herself with her belongings like a besieged hermit

rendered by Tichý with the fury

touching and