{"product_id":"9781963108064","title":"Hellions","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2026 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2026 Southern Book Prize \u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Month\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I am obsessed with these lush, feral stories.\"―Carmen Maria Machado, author of \u003ci\u003eHer Body and Other Parties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Beautiful, visceral, surprising stories, both wild and dangerous, with a Southern twang but universal appeal. Elliott is an Angela Carter for our times.”―Jeff VanderMeer, author of \u003ci\u003eAbsolution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wilds\u003c\/i\u003e comes an electric story collection that blends folklore, fairy tales, Southern Gothic, and horror, reveling in the collision of the familiar with the wildly surreal.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a plague-stricken medieval convent, a nun works on a forbidden mystic manuscript, pining for Christ’s love. During a long, muggy July in rural South Carolina, an adolescent girl finds unexpected power as her family obsesses over the horror film \u003ci\u003eThe Exorcist\u003c\/i\u003e. On the outskirts of a Southern college town, a young woman resists the tyranny of a shape-shifting older professor as she develops her own sorceress skills. And at a feminist art colony in the North Carolina mountains, a group of mothers contends with the supernatural talents their children have picked up from a pair of mysterious orphans who live in the woods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith exuberance, ferocity, and astounding imagination, Julia Elliott’s \u003ci\u003eHellions\u003c\/i\u003e jumps from the occult to the comic, from the horrific to the wondrous, presenting earthbound characters who long for the otherworldly.","brand":"Julia Elliott","offers":[{"title":"Zando |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2025-04-15","offer_id":48666708345087,"sku":"9781963108064","price":23.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_06072230-b27a-4290-b72c-2b090ac07002.jpg?v=1781275125","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781963108064","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}