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
Listen to Kelly introduce the book on Penguin’s Pretty Monsters page.
“Pretty Monsters” received a 2009 Locus Award.
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
