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Small Repairs for a Vanishing Man cover

Small Repairs for a Vanishing Man

A retired tailor starts altering his clothes to match the smaller space his family leaves for him. His estranged daughter mistakes the alterations for a disappearance plan.

Literary fiction
The Hospital for Broken Promises cover

The Hospital for Broken Promises

A hospital porter finds a quiet ward where broken promises arrive as injured household objects. One cracked teacup refuses to heal until she visits her estranged sister.

Magical realism
The Man Who Ate the Seating Plan cover

The Man Who Ate the Seating Plan

A wedding caterer swallows the seating plan to stop a fight between his estranged parents. Reconstructing the dinner forces every guest to explain whom they refuse to sit beside.

Literary fiction