Megan Milks Livres

A queer coming-of-age novel about a girlhood interrupted by an eating disorder, only to twist into a genre-bending excavation of gender, identity, and literary mystery.

A woman metamorphoses into a giant slug; another quite literally eats her heart out; a wasp falls in love with an orchid; and hair starts sprouting from the walls. These stories slip and slide between genres--from video games to fan fiction, avant-garde theater to choose-your-own-adventure--as characters cycle through giddying changes in gender, physiology, species, and identity. Collapsing boundaries between bodies and forms, these fictions interrogate the visceral, gross, and absurd."This book is fucking weird," wrote Brit Mandelo in 2015. It's only gotten weirder since. Slug and Other Stories is a revised and expanded edition of a contemporary cult classic. Finally back in print, this collection is a testament to the messy anti-logic of queer feelings by a revelatory new voice.

Exploring themes of identity and transformation, this collection features thirteen provocative stories that challenge boundaries in both narrative form and corporeal existence. Characters undergo shocking metamorphoses, such as a woman turning into a giant slug and a wasp falling for an orchid, while traditional genres are playfully subverted. The narratives delve into the complexities of social power and its impact on queer bodies, offering a critical and politically engaged perspective on the carnivalesque.