"Strange Mammals" beckons the adventurous reader, one who appreciates a walk on the wild side of literature. Lundberg's stories stitch the fabric of reality with threads of the extraordinary. If you savor short fiction that surprises and delves into the depths of human emotion with imaginative flair, this collection promises to be a rewarding escapade.

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"Jason Erik Lundberg's third collection, Strange Mammals, gathers 25 short stories in which literary naturalism gives way to the surreal, the absurd and the magical. […] Lundberg has the enviable talent of achieving emotionally resonant effects within just a few pages." —The GuardianStrange superheroes and the magic of the quotidian; stories of piercing darkness and quirky, surreal humour; writing from the heart and soul; phantasmagorical journeys into what it means to be human.Strange Mammals collects together stylish and elegant short fiction that knows no boundaries. Stories that are by turns fantastical, realist and strange, but which always move and surprise.A breathtaking collection from an author whose writing "explores the randomness of magical occurrences" (Green Man Review) and "teems with imagination, location, originality, and fine writing" (Jeffrey Ford)."Jason Erik Lundberg's stories, launched from the real world on a trajectory to the surreal, fuse the idle daydream with the desperate heart. You should read them." —John Kessel, author of The Baum Plan for Financial Independence and Other Stories

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