{"product_id":"pretend-its-my-body-stories-9781952177033","title":"Pretend It's My Body: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eInformed by the author's experience in and between genders, this debut story collection blurs fantasy and reality, excavating new meanings from our varied dysphorias. \u003c\/b\u003eMisfit mothers, prodigal \"undaughters,\" con artists, and middle-aged runaways populate these ten short stories that blur the lives we wish for with the ones we actually lead. A tornado survivor grapples with a new identity, a trans teen psychic can read only indecisive minds, and a woman informs her family of her plans to upload her consciousness and abandon her body. Luke Dani Blue invites the reader into a world of outlier lives made central and magical thinking made real. Surreal, darkly humorous, and always deeply felt, \u003ci\u003ePretend It's My Body\u003c\/i\u003e is bound together by the act of searching--for a spark of recognition and a story of one's own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuke Dani Blue\u003c\/b\u003e's stories have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eColorado Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrab Orchard Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and have been included on the list of the year's most distinguished stories in Best American Short Stories 2016. Originally from Michigan, Luke Dani Blue (they\/them) is a two-time college dropout and time-traveling Victorian invalid who resides most reliably on the internet. They are also an astrologer. This is their first book.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Amethyst Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50561884258578,"sku":"9781952177033","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b9f1921c-90ad-4cec-bdd3-9ecd1d51f8b0.jpg?v=1731854608","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pretend-its-my-body-stories-9781952177033","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}