Loved itThis little stack is books that I already own and I read and I liked and therefore I will continue to own. She's Always Hungry by Eliza Clark, I gave four stars.
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She's Always Hungry (2024)
Others: Overwhelmingly positive The first collection from a major voice in British fiction, the author of Boy Parts and Penance A woman welcomes a parasite into her body. A teenager longs for perfect skin. A scientist tends to fragile alien flora. A young man takes the night into his own hands. Each of these characters has a desperate desire. Can any of them be sated? Unsettling, revelatory, and laced with her signature dark humor, Eliza Clark’s debut short story collection plumbs the depths of that most basic human feeling: hunger.
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- 9780063393271
Genres: science fiction, horror, thriller, literary fiction
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Loved it
Loved itThere was a fisherman's town story that I loved. There was a bit of sci-fi which was interesting. It was just it was like a really interesting mix.