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"A stunning debut novel from one of the most creative voices of our generation, Bobby Hall -- a.k.a. Logic. Flynn is stuck -- depressed, recently dumped, and living at his mom's house. The supermarket was supposed to change all that. An ordinary job, routine hours, a steady check. Work isn't work when it's saving you from yourself. But things aren't quite as they seem in these aisles. Arriving to work one day to a crime scene, Flynn's world begins...

A new creation by the author of Severance, the stories in Bliss Montage crash through our carefully built mirages -- Provided by publisher. What happens when fantasy tears the screen of the everyday to wake us up? Could that waking be our end? In Bliss Montage, Ling Ma brings us eight wildly different tales of people making their way through the madness and reality of our collective delusions: love and loneliness, connection and possession, friendship,...

A darkly imaginative writer in the tradition of Joe Abercrombie, Peter V. Brett, and Neil Gaiman conjures a gritty mind-bending fantasy, set in a world where delusion becomes reality... and the fulfillment of humanity's desires may well prove to be its undoing.

"Sometimes all you need is one person to really see you. Piper Parrish's life on Frick Island-a tiny, remote town smack in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay-is nearly perfect. Well, aside from one pesky detail: Her beloved husband, Tom, is dead. When Tom's crab boat capsized and his body wasn't recovered, Piper, rocked to the core, did a most peculiar thing: carried on as if her husband was not only still alive, but right there beside her, cooking...

"To escape the hell she created, a woman must team up with a novice warrior and return to her homeland in this gritty epic fantasy where delusions are literally made real. Zerfall awakens in an alley, wounded and unable to remember her past. Chased by an assassin out into the endless wastes of the desert, she is caught, disfigured, and left for dead. Her scabbard is empty, but the need for answers-and the pull of her sword-will draw her back to the...

"World renowned painter Rodrigo seemingly has it all: a multi-million dollar loft in SoHo; a talent for creativity that seems never ending; a recurring invitation to the exclusive modern art exhibit Art Basel; and lovers by the dozen. But what his longtime admirers don't see is Rodrigo's deep frustration with the world around him: the wild and sinfully luxurious parties have lost their luster, those who worship him and those who work for him seemingly...

"Steve Nye writes for alumni publications, and his long-term relationship is on the steady path to marriage. But his quiet life takes an unexpected turn when he receives a phone call from his mother. His father attacked her and has been committed to a psych ward. The doctor says he's suffering from dementia--but Steve's father seems so calm, clear-eyed, and perfectly lucid when he whispers, 'I killed her.' Is it simply another symptom of delusion...

"Alice Gould es ingresada en un sanatorio mental. En su delirio, cree ser una investigadora privada a cargo de un equipo de detectives dedicados a esclarecer complicados casos. Según una carta de su médico particular, la realidad es otra: su paranoica obsesión es atentar contra la vida de su marido. La extrema inteligencia de esta mujer y su actitud aparentemente normal confundirán a los médicos hasta el punto de no saber a ciencia cierta si...