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On 9-24-17 Kit Reed died at the age of 85 - Brain Tumor
Conjures up a future where control of New York City has passed from the wealthy to the poor, the criminal, and the dispossessed and where Bart Cavanaugh and hundreds of others are held captive at the Parkhurst...
In powerful stories of solitude and family, the characters in Thief of Lives grapple with the relentless forces of change. "Whatever it is, whatever threatens us," says a father to his son in "Journey to the Center of the Earth," "you might as well b...
A motorcycle gang of nuns rides out on a mysterious rescue mission in this dazzling work of metaphysical science fiction by Kit Reed.This scarifying trip into the near future provides an extraordinary look at women in the contemporary world. Mar...
Kit Reed has been delighting and terrifying readers for over thirty years with her darkly comic speculative fiction. This collection of short stories, drawn from a lifetime's work, shows Reed at the top of her form. First published in venues ranging ...
"Seven for the Apocalypse brings together Kit Reed''s powerful 1994 novella with seven short stories about love and isolation. A work of metaphysical science fiction and a finalist for the Tiptree award, Little Sisters of the Apocalypse interweaves t...
@expectations is a fabulous work of women's fiction by a writer who has made a career of delving deep into women's hearts and finding the truth of their feelings and their lives. Reed's fiction has always examined the female and familial conditions w...
TV says it. Magazines say it. American society commands it. You must be thin. You must be young. Fad diets. Fat-purging pills. Fitness clubs. Liposuction. Breast implants. Steroids.In the tomorrow of Thinner Than Thou, the cult of the body ...
The Dogs of Truth contains 17 new or previously uncollected short stories. Included are "High Rise High," about a student revolt at the ultimate "secure" high school; "Focus Group," where a star-struck fan dictates the fate of soap opera characters ...
The baby business is booming. Billions of dollars are spent each year on strollers, cribs, and clothing, not to mention assisted reproduction and adoption. With fertility rates dropping precipitously in the US and babies becoming ever more valuable a...
Inside the Castertown MegaMall, the biggest mall in the world, live the night children--runaways, abandoned kids, kids who got lost and were never found. They only come out at night, after all the shoppers are gone. When thirteen-year-old Jule Dev...
Featuring original stories from 20 authors, this dark, captivating, fabulous and fantastical collection, Naked City, is not to be missed! Edited by award-winning editor Ellen Datlow.In this thrilling collection of original stories some of today's hot...
In the room across the hall the old soldier shouts, just as he has done for years... And behind her, something in the shadows stirs. "One of our brightest cultural commentators" --Publishers Weekly...
The wives spent every day by the pool â€" this was where the men had left them, after all. A moving, incisive story that gets right under your skin from an author whose prose style has been described as "pure dry ice" by The New York Times Book Revie...
A spellbinding American Southern Gothic thriller with a supernatural twist -- a past secret has the power to destroy the future. When Lucy Cartaret dies, her journalist son Dan returns to her hometown, Fort Jude, Florida, in search of his real fat...
The best stories from a master of speculative fiction Called "one of our brightest cultural commentators" by Publishers Weekly, Kit Reed draws from life -- with a difference. This new collection brings together thirty-four of her strong, original sto...
Four speculative near futures by Kit Reed, author of Where and Mormama, showcasing her sharp and transgressive social dystopias where characters are pushed to their psychological limits.@ExpectationsJenny lives a typical suburban life and stumbles up...