{"product_id":"hellions-stories-9781963108064b","title":"Hellions: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Southern Book Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Month\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wilds\u003c\/i\u003e comes an electric story collection that blends folklore, fairy tales, Southern Gothic, and horror, reveling in the collision of the familiar with the wildly surreal.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a plague-stricken medieval convent, a nun works on a forbidden mystic manuscript, pining for Christ’s love. During a long, muggy July in rural South Carolina, an adolescent girl finds unexpected power as her family obsesses over the horror film \u003ci\u003eThe Exorcist\u003c\/i\u003e. On the outskirts of a Southern college town, a young woman resists the tyranny of a shape-shifting older professor as she develops her own sorceress skills. And at a feminist art colony in the North Carolina mountains, a group of mothers contends with the supernatural talents their children have picked up from a pair of mysterious orphans who live in the woods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith exuberance, ferocity, and astounding imagination, Julia Elliott’s \u003ci\u003eHellions\u003c\/i\u003e jumps from the occult to the comic, from the horrific to the wondrous, presenting earthbound characters who long for the otherworldly.\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\"I am obsessed with these lush, feral stories.\"—Carmen Maria Machado, author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eHer Body \u003c\/span\u003eand \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eOther Parties\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Beautiful, visceral, surprising stories, both wild and dangerous, with a Southern twang but universal appeal. Elliott is an Angela Carter for our times.”—Jeff VanderMeer, author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eAbsolution\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Tin House Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42820929224784,"sku":"9781963108064B","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781963108064-l.jpg?v=1785881671","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/hellions-stories-9781963108064b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}