{"product_id":"9781668018859","title":"Weird Black Girls Stories - Cotman, Elwin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eWeird Black Girls Stories\u003c\/u\u003e by Cotman, Elwin\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by Simon and Schuster, 2024\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Locus Award\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n \u003cb\u003eBelletrist Book Club Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n \n\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Philip K. Dick Award finalist Elwin Cotman, an irresistibly unnerving collection of stories that explore the anxieties of living while Black—a high-wire act of literary-fantastical hybrid fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\n\nA rural town finds itself under the authoritarian sway of a tree that punishes children. A pair of old friends navigate their fraught history as strange happenings escalate in a Mexican restaurant. A pair of narcissistic friends wreak havoc on an activist community. An aloof young man finds himself living through his lover’s memories. And a day of LARPing takes a cosmic turn.\n\n \n\nIn each of the seven stories in this collection, characters pursue their obsessions on paths to glory and destruction while around them their worlds twist and warp, oscillating between reality and impossibility. On display throughout is Cotman’s ability to reveal truths about the human experience—about friendship, love, betrayal, bitterness—through whimsy, horror, and fantasy. Elegiac in tone, imaginative and humorous in their execution, the character-driven stories in Weird Black Girls challenge, incite, and entertain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eProduct image is for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product offered for sale.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon and Schuster, 2024","offers":[{"title":"Weird Black Girls Stories \/ Very Good","offer_id":52634126156068,"sku":"9781668018859VG","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9951\/4148\/files\/public_bfa2e487-82bc-4f7c-950f-220417de9902.jpg?v=1779987222","url":"https:\/\/brookingsbooks.com\/products\/9781668018859","provider":"Brookings Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}