The Beast You Are is a collection of short stories by Paul Tremblay. It’s hard to describe these stories – surreal, horror, fable, magical realism? The title story is a novella in verse. Almost every one of these stories blew me away. It also opens up, for me, alternative ways to tell a short tale. I was inspired. I highly recommend this collection, especially if you’re a short story writer. This book deserves far more attention than it’s getting, but I’m beginning to think the world of literature is kind of a closed club. Here’s what NPR says:

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/13/1187453331/paul-tremblay-the-beast-you-are-horror-fiction-book-review

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About Mike Wilson

Mike Wilson’s work has appeared in magazines including Cagibi Literary Journal, Stoneboat, The Aurorean, The Ocotillo Review, London Reader, and in anthologies including for a better world 2020 and Anthology of Appalachian Writers Vol. X. He received Kentucky State Poetry Society’s Chaffin/Kash Prize in 2019. He resides in Lexington, Kentucky, but summers in Ecstasy and winters in Despair.

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