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Peach Pit

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Peach Pit is a striking anthology that explores the fierce and dangerous aspects of womanhood through sixteen captivating stories. From revenge on dating sites and haunting infatuations to deadly competitions and moral ambiguity, these tales showcase women as con artists, murderers, and complex figures driven by ambition, grief, and spite. With contributions from acclaimed authors including Lauren Groff, Deesha Philyaw, and K-Ming Chang, this collection offers sharp, unsettling narratives that challenge the expectation for women to 'play nice.'
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Peach Pit is a stunning anthology of fierce and dangerous women, featuring stories from Lauren Groff, Deesha Philyaw, K-Ming Chang, and thirteen other award-winning and bestselling authors.

A middle-aged Black woman exacts revenge on the aggressively average men she meets on dating sites. A girl buries pieces of herself in a hole beneath an apple tree, hoping to escape her mother's life of struggle and servitude. A group of teenage girls compete for the title of 'Worst Girl in America.' A young woman in Taiwan becomes infatuated with a female scam caller, a fleeting ghost of a love that blossoms from strangeness. And a wealthy woman goes to unconventional, and perhaps not entirely ethical, lengths to find her dream man.

In these sixteen stories, we see women at their most monstrous - as con artists and murderers, cutthroats and scalpers, ruled by ambition and grief and spite. Characters for those tired of being told to play nice. Dressed to the nines in morally gray, the stories in this anthology comprise an envelope full of teeth: each one distinct, unsettling, and sharp enough to rip out a throat.

List of contributors: Alice Ash, Alicia Elliott, Alison Rumfitt, Aliya Whiteley, Amanda Leduc, Chana Porter, Chantal V. Johnson, Chaya Bhuvaneswar, Deesha Philyaw, K-Ming Chang, Lauren Groff, Maisy Card, Megan Giddings, Sarah Rose Etter, Vanessa Chan, Yah Yah Scholfield

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781950539871

Publisher: Dzanc Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 September 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Dzanc Books

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

  • Edited by Molly Llewellyn
  • Edited by Kristel Buckley

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 139.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 231

About the Author

Contributor Bios:
Molly Llewellyn
is a twenty-something queer, disabled book blogger from the UK. She is one half of the editing team for PEACH PIT, coming Fall 2023 from Dzanc, which is her first big editing role. She's a big fan of 'weird women' lit and anything that is the colour green.

Kristel Buckley is an editor, publicist and former publisher from the Big Smoke! She is more than happy to talk your ear off about the unfaithful representation of women in history, and her passion is a more equitable, inclusive future for all stories from all voices.

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