Salt Slow

From White Review Short Story Prize winner Julia Armfield, a brilliant, provocative debut story collection for fans of Carmen Maria Machado & Kelly Link. 

"Armfield is an enormous, gut-wrenching talent."  — Daisy Johnson, author of Everything Under

In her electrifying debut, Julia Armfield explores women’s experiences in contemporary society, mapped through their bodies. As urban dwellers’ sleep becomes disassociated from them, like Peter Pan’s shadow, a city turns insomniac. A teenager entering puberty finds her body transforming in ways very different than her classmates. As a popular band gathers momentum, the fangirls following their tour turn into something monstrous. After their parents remarry, two step-sisters, one a girl & one a wolf, develop a dangerously close bond. And in an apocalyptic landscape, a pregnant woman begins to realize that the creature in her belly is not what she expected. 

Blending elements of horror, science fiction, mythology, & feminism, Salt Slow is an utterly original collection of short stories that are sure to dazzle & shock, heralding the arrival of a daring new voice.

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Julia Armfield is the author of the story collection salt slow & the novel Our Wives Under the Sea. Her work has been published in Granta, The White Review, Best British Short Stories 2019 & 2021, Lighthouse, & various other publications. She is the winner of the White Review Short Story Prize & a Pushcart Prize, & she was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award in 2019. She lives & works in London.