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TOMORROWLAND Stories by Joseph Bates

Tomorrowland is a revelation, combining slightly skewed or fantastic conceits, a darkly comic tone, and wonderfully nimble, funny prose, all in service of a surprisingly serious, touching vision. These inventive stories mark the debut of a major talent.”

—Michael Griffith author of Trophy

Joseph Bates's debut short story collection Tomorrowland offers stories full of strange attractions and uncanny conceits, a world of freakish former child stars, abused Elvis impersonators, derelict roadside attractions, apocalyptic small towns, and parallel universes where you make out with your ex. At its core, the world of Tomorrowland is our own, though reflected off a funhouse mirror—revealing our hopes and deepest fears to comic, heartbreaking effect.

MEATY Essays by Samantha Irby

“Blunt, sharp and occasionally heartbreaking, Samantha Irby’s Meaty marks the arrival of a truly original voice. You don’t need difficult circumstances to become a great writer, but you need a great writer to capture life’s weird turns with such honesty and wit.”

—John August, acclaimed screenwriter and filmmaker

Samantha Irby explodes onto the page in her debut collection of brand-new essays about being a complete dummy trying to laugh her way through her ridiculous life of failed relationships, taco feasts, bouts with Crohn’s Disease, and more, all told with the same scathing wit and poignant candor long-time readers have come to expect from her notoriously hilarious blog, www.bitchesgottaeat.com.

ZERO FADE A novel by Chris L. Terry

“Kevin Phifer, 13, a black seventh-grader in 1990s Richmond, Va., and hero of this sparkling debut, belongs in the front ranks of fiction’s hormone-addled, angst-ridden adolescents, from Holden Caulfield to the teenage Harry Potter.”

—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Thirteen-year-old Kevin Phifer has a lot to worry about. His father figure, Uncle Paul, is coming out as gay; he can’t leave the house without Tyrell throwing a lit Black ‘n’ Mild at him; Demetric at school has the best last-year-fly-gear and the attention of orange-haired Aisha; his mother Sheila and his nerdy best friend David have both found romance; his big sister Laura won’t talk to him now that she’s in high school; and to top it off, he’s grounded.

KISS AS MANY WOMEN AS YOU CAN Stories by Franki Elliot

“The typewriter idea got my attention, but the writing kept me hooked. Franki’s stories have soul and wit, but are also made of real flesh and blood.”

—Drew Dernavich, cartoonist for The New Yorker

Kiss presents brand new Franki Elliot “typewriter stories” in an art book brimming with full-color detachable postcards adorned with Chicagoan Shawn Stucky’s ethereal paintings.