Pretty Monsters
THIS BOOK CONTAINS
NINE SHORT STORIES
[and]
A phone booth in Las Vegas- Aliens
- Unhelpful wizards
- Possibly carnivorous sofas
- A handbag with a village inside it
- Tennessee Fainting Goats
- Dueling librarians
- A statue of George Washington
- A boy named Onion
- Pirates
- An undead babysitter
- A nationally-ranked soccer player
- Shapeshifters
- An unexpected campfire guest
And drawings by SHAUN TAN.
PRETTY MONSTERS IS:
Now available in the UK from Canongate.
Available from Recorded Books.
—Selected by Booklist as an Editors’ Choice best of the year pick
—Audiofile review
A World Fantasy Award nominee.
Listen to Kelly introduce the book on Penguin’s Pretty Monsters page.
“Pretty Monsters” received a 2009 Locus Award.
Table of Contents
The Wrong Grave
The Faery Handbag
Monster
The Wizards of Perfil
The Constable of Abal
The Specialist’s Hat
The Surfer
Magic for Beginners
Pretty Monsters
KELLY LINK IS:
. . . a sorceress to be reckoned with.
—The New York Times Book Review
. . . a flat-out genius.
—Holly Black, author of The Spiderwick Chronicles
. . . almost certainly not human. I believe she is a story-telling elemental who has unearthly powers that she uses to create wondrous and deeply fascinating tales.
—Garth Nix, author of the Abhoresen Trilogy
. . . [a worldsaver.] A new collection by Kelly Link—and once more, for a little while, the world is worth saving.
—Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventure of Kavelier and Clay
. . . juicy and deliciously weird. Enjoy the ride.
—Libba Bray, author of the Gemma Doyle Trilogy
. . . the literary descendant of Jorge Luis Borges and Franz Kafka.
—Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler’s Wife
. . . intoxicating. These stories will come alive, put on zoot suits, and wrestle you to the ground. They want you and you will be theirs.
—Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
. . . an alchemical mixture of Borges, Raymond Chandler, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
—Laura Miller, Salon
. . . in a place few writers go, a netherworld between literature and fantasy, Alice Munro and J.K. Rowling, and Link finds truths there that most authors wouldn’t dare touch.
—Time
. . . dazzling.
—Entertainment Weekly
