🪶 nineteen claws and a black bird by agustina bazterrica

from the author of the viral cannibal dystopian novel ‘tender is the flesh’. comes a weird and witty short story collection perfect for fans of ottessa moshfegh, boy parts by eliza clark, and bliss montage by ling ma.

i enjoyed this collection. i admired that agustina bazterrica was able to write clever stories in a genuinely very short format, some of the stories that i enjoyed the most only being 2-3 pages long. while i did enjoy some of the stories quite a bit more, there were some hits and misses in this, the misses still were good. my favourites in the collection were: roberto, earth, elena-marie sandoz, and the solitary ones.

i would definitely recommend checking this out especially if you enjoy weird and sometimes dark short stories. its out this june!!

*I strongly recommend checking out the cws for this because some of the stories touch on some pretty dark subjects