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Rated Her Body and Other Parties: Stories 8/10

Intensely rich and detailed short stories, with either a supernatural/dreamlike element or a sense of unease so deep that there may as well be. Machado finds the place between feminist social critique, fairy tale and horror and pushes deep into it. Could be a little hit or miss based on your taste for experimentation; while there are a couple of straight-ahead narratives here, the longest story is a Kafka-esque nightmare spelled out in "Law and Order: SVU" episode synopses. Unsettling and absorbing.

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Published 2026-08-18 14:47 UTC · bridged from Atmosphere