Get Out There

The writer Kate Folk’s new story collection Out There is full of brilliance, deadpan humor, the occasional horrifying twist, and some unexpectedly moving passages. You should absolutely be reading this book. As a longtime admirer of Kate’s writing, I read many of these stories when they came out—such as the eponymous blockbuster story “Out There,” originally published in the New Yorker. But now that her collection is out, I’ve been rereading them, and I’ve found that taken together the stories have even more power. Reminiscent of Shirley Jackson and Phillip K. Dick, but with a voice all their own, these tales are joy to read. Go pick up a copy of Out There today.