{"product_id":"book-f2kt","title":"Out There","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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 \u003ci\u003eBlack Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e” (Chang-Rae Lee, author of \u003ci\u003eMy Year Abroad\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Stories so sharp and ingenious you may cut yourself on them while reading.”—Kelly Link, author of \u003ci\u003eGet In Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books, Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith 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 \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003ea 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrescient and wildly imaginative, \u003ci\u003eOut There \u003c\/i\u003edepicts 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.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49325027590448,"sku":"BDf2kt","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/356321-f2kt-Square.jpg?v=1733564984","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-f2kt","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}