Out There

Out There

Kate Folk

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With a focus on the weird and eerie forces that lurk beneath the surface of ordinary experience, Kate Folk’s debut short story 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 "The New Yorker," a 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. Prescient and wildly imaginative, Out There depicts 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.


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    Omg for those of you who love Black Mirror, you need to read this IMMEDIATELY

    Pros
    ✰ Okay even though I really disliked some of the stories, I had a great time overall
    ✰ The stories I gave 5 stars I know I'll remember forever
    ✰ Didn't want to put this down, pretty much finished it in about a day
    ✰ The last story was a perfect way to wrap everything up

    Below are my fav stories in order & their rankings! (Pls don't let my ratings discourage you from reading this, I'm just really picky lol)

    #1 Big Sur - 5/5
    #2 The Bone Ward - 5/5
    #3 Turkey Rumble - 5/5
    #4 The Last Woman on Earth - 4/5
    #5 Out There - 3/5
    #6 Heart Seeks Brain - 3/5
    #7 The Void Wife - 3/5
    #8 Moist House - 3/5
    #9 Doe Eyes - 2/5
    #10 Dating a Somnambulist - 2/5
    #11 Shelter - 2/5
    #12 Tahoe - 2/5
    #13 The House's Beating Heart - 1/5
    #14 The Head in the Floor - 1/5
    #15 A Scale Model of Gull Point - 0/5

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