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Exit zero stories

Twelve delightfully strange, haunting stories from the acclaimed, oracular author of Beautyland. Death-shaped entities-with all of their humor and strangeness- haunt the twelve stories in Exit Zero. Vampires, ghost girls, fathers, blank spaces, day-old peaches, and famous paintings all pierce throug...

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Main Author: Bertino, Marie-Helene (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : FSG Originals / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Death > Fiction.
Animals, Mythical > Fiction.
Vampires > Fiction.
Paranormal fiction.
Ghost stories.
Fantasy fiction.
Horror fiction.
Short stories.
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Summary:Twelve delightfully strange, haunting stories from the acclaimed, oracular author of Beautyland. Death-shaped entities-with all of their humor and strangeness- haunt the twelve stories in Exit Zero. Vampires, ghost girls, fathers, blank spaces, day-old peaches, and famous paintings all pierce through their world into ours, reminding us to pay attention! and look alive! and offering many other flashes of wisdom from the oracle and author of Beautyland, Marie-Helene Bertino.
Physical Description:viii, 191 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:9780374616472
Author Notes:Marie-Helene Bertino is the author of Safe as Houses, a collection of short stories that won the 2012 Iowa Short Fiction Award, and the novel 2 A.M. at the Cat's Pajamas. She teaches at NYU, The Center for Fiction, The Sackett Street Workshops, and the Emerging Writer's Workshop for One Story, where she was the associate editor.

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