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The Lightning of Possible Storms

By: Jonathan Ball
Narrated by: Matt Hawkins, Gabi Epstein
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Winner of the 2021 Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction

Aleya’s world starts to unravel after a café customer leaves behind a collection of short stories. Surprised and disturbed to discover that it has been dedicated to her, Aleya delves into the strange book…

A mad scientist seeks to steal his son’s dreams. A struggling writer, skilled only at destruction, finds himself courted by Hollywood. A woman seeks to escape her body and live inside her dreams. Citizens panic when a new city block manifests out of nowhere. The personification of capitalism strives to impress his cutthroat boss.

The more Aleya reads, the deeper she sinks into the mysterious writer’s work, and the less real the world around her seems. Soon, she’s overwhelmed as a new more terrifying existence takes hold.

Jonathan Ball’s first collection of short fiction blends humor and horror, doom, and daylight, offering myriad possible storms.

©2020 Jonathan Ball (P)2020 Book*hug Press

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