{"product_id":"show-me-where-the-hurt-is-stories-9781952897436","title":"Show Me Where the Hurt Is: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eA collection of stories about love and grief, anchored in brokenness-broken people, broken relationships, broken systems-and the obsessions and insecurities that prevent us from revealing ourselves to one another. The characters in Hayden Casey's debut collection \u003ci\u003eShow Me Where the Hurt Is\u003c\/i\u003e are on quests for betterment, for pleasure, for distraction-and ultimately, for transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne woman takes up work as an \"in-betweener,\" hired to fill the lonely gap between relationships. A college student devotes himself to hot yoga in the wake of his mother's unexpected death. When a buzzy new weight-loss pill hits the market, a woman signs up for a trial-and tries to hide it from her partner. An undergrad becomes entangled in her roommate's feverish relationship with a grad student and watches in horror as the pair begins to sprout each other's body parts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross thirteen stories that brush up against the strange and surreal, \u003ci\u003eShow Me Where the Hurt Is\u003c\/i\u003e tenderly exposes old wounds that have been carefully concealed so that we might understand the hurt in one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eShow Me Where the Hurt Is\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Haunting, affecting, troubling, honest. These are the inevitable words of book jackets. But this is no hyperbole. Hayden Casey has written a masterful collection that hits every note. For an assortment of stories about people who don't know where they belong-they hit awfully close to home.\" -\u003cb\u003eTatiana Ryckman\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ancestry of Objects\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hayden Casey is an incredibly inventive, big-hearted writer, and his \u003ci\u003eShow Me Where the Hurt Is\u003c\/i\u003e is an absolute delight. There's so much joy and wonder on every page here, so much humor and heartbreak in every finely made sentence and every keenly observed detail. A fantastic debut from a writer I can't wait to read more of in the years to come.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eMatt Bell\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eAppleseed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eShow Me Where the Hurt Is\u003c\/i\u003e surprises and delights at every turn. I was impressed by the symmetry of the stories here; wandered along and plucked at every new fruit, which was always just as delicious as the last. The work is compelling and deeply enjoyable. Quite a few times I wondered aloud: how did he do that? This book is terrific and Hayden Casey is a fabulous writer.\" -\u003cb\u003eKristen Arnett\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eStop Me If You've Heard This One\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eShow Me Where the Hurt Is \u003c\/i\u003eis a beautiful story collection not just about people, but about the wistful, shimmering spaces between them. Hayden Casey magically makes visible the invisible longing between us and those we love but don't understand, or worry we have lost, or hope to claim or recapture, or simply hope to be seen by, a fraction so well as Casey sees us.\" -\u003cb\u003eCaitlin Horrocks\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eLife Among the Terranauts\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Vexations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A luminous collection that shines a light on love in all its forms: from neighbourly and filial, to unrequited and misunderstood. Humane, finely crafted, and sometimes brilliantly weird.\" -\u003cb\u003eClaire Fuller\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Memory of Animals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Psychologically astute and instantly compelling, \u003ci\u003eShow Me Where the Hurt Is\u003c\/i\u003e expertly explores connection and dissolution, the wonder and terror of intimacy, and the many ways we show up for each other (or fail to). The lovers, strangers, siblings, and friends in these stories are beautifully complex and gloriously complicated-Hayden Casey has written a stunning collection.\" -\u003cb\u003eKimberly King Parsons\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eWe Were the Universe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The stories in this exquisite first collection offer profound and compelling insights into the complexities of our most intimate relationships. Hayden Casey is a wise and lyrical writer who deeply understands both the pains and beauties of love, and our human need for connection.\" -\u003cb\u003eTara Ison\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eAt the Hour Between Dog and Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Split\/Lip Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51806091411730,"sku":"9781952897436","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_85bf538b-e1ee-4fc0-a2ac-82876f2a4d1e.jpg?v=1765975285","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/show-me-where-the-hurt-is-stories-9781952897436","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}