Shadowselves (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781950539390)

Speculative and darkly surreal, the stories in Shadowselves examine characters who have stepped dangerously close to an edge they cannot see. A snow plow driver stranded on the roadside during a blizzard finds himself trapped in a riddled memory. A middle-aged man wakes up one morning to find he's gained four hundred pounds overnight, along with the unbearable regrets of countless strangers. A lonely child sets off to prove the existence of a mythic bird, but uncovers an ugly secret on the other side of town. A comatose teenage outcast traverses the liminal space between life and death. With a sometimes-tenuous grip on reality, and often haunted by mistakes, repressions, and alternate versions of who they might have been, the characters in Shadowselves struggle to find meaningful human connections in a world where the most important things always seem just out of their reach.

Author: Jason Ockert
ISBN-10: 1950539393
ISBN-13: 9781950539390
Publisher: Dzanc Books
Language: English
Published: 02/22/2022
Pages: 195
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/18/2021