Maegan Poland - What Makes You Think You’re Awake
Maegan Poland - What Makes You Think You’re Awake
Language: English | Format: epub | 2021 | Size: 2 MB
Winner of the Bakwin Award. Final contest judge and award-winning author Carmen Maria Machado (Her Body and Other Parties) described the work as “a wonderful debut; a collection of frank, funny, and heartbreaking stories that delve into the mire of human loneliness.”
Poland’s stories usher in a world where mortal fear, the threat of violation, and the body’s looming betrayal drive us to look beyond surface appearances. In these stories, readers will find: a mosquito-borne illness invading a small southern town, forcing its inhabitants to negotiate their lust against the threats of virus-induced paralysis; a pair of newlyweds on their honeymoon at a luxury resort whose automated services quickly turn menacing; a woman whose backyard shed freezes time, forcing her to decide between her need for love and her need for escape. Poland’s stories move among richly imagined landscapes, bringing to life the deep loneliness at the heart of the modern condition and the ephemerality of the bridges we build against the dark.
Includes:
The Shed
Milking
The Neighbor’s Cat
Spores
Like the Love of Some Dead Girl
Overnights Welcome
Landline
The Way They Saw Her
Modern Relics
What Makes You Think You’re Awake Right Now?
Maegan Poland - What Makes You Think You’re Awake
Language: English | Format: epub | 2021 | Size: 2 MB
Winner of the Bakwin Award. Final contest judge and award-winning author Carmen Maria Machado (Her Body and Other Parties) described the work as “a wonderful debut; a collection of frank, funny, and heartbreaking stories that delve into the mire of human loneliness.”
Poland’s stories usher in a world where mortal fear, the threat of violation, and the body’s looming betrayal drive us to look beyond surface appearances. In these stories, readers will find: a mosquito-borne illness invading a small southern town, forcing its inhabitants to negotiate their lust against the threats of virus-induced paralysis; a pair of newlyweds on their honeymoon at a luxury resort whose automated services quickly turn menacing; a woman whose backyard shed freezes time, forcing her to decide between her need for love and her need for escape. Poland’s stories move among richly imagined landscapes, bringing to life the deep loneliness at the heart of the modern condition and the ephemerality of the bridges we build against the dark.
Includes:
The Shed
Milking
The Neighbor’s Cat
Spores
Like the Love of Some Dead Girl
Overnights Welcome
Landline
The Way They Saw Her
Modern Relics
What Makes You Think You’re Awake Right Now?
