Review copies of the award-wining Lauren Beukes’ debut collection SLIPPING: FICTION, ESSAYS, & OTHER WRITING are now available via NetGalley.

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“Lauren Beukes is one of the most talented writers working today. Moving from witty to sad to horrifying, she makes it all seem effortless. We’re lucky to finally have her short work in one place.”

—Richard Kadrey, author of the Sandman Slim series and THE EVERYTHING BOX

SLIPPING: FICTION, ESSAYS, & OTHER WRITING

by Lauren Beukes

A Punk Lolita fighter-pilot rescues Tokyo from a marauding art installation. A young architect’s life is derailed by an inquisitive girl who happens to be a ghost. Unwitting recruits discover biohazardous plants on an inhospitable planet. Loyalty to a favorite product can be addictive when it gets under your skin.

In her edgy and satiric debut collection, award-winning South African author Lauren Beukes (The SHINING GIRLS) never holds back. Ranging from Johannesburg to outer space, Beukes is a fierce and captivating presence in the literary landscape.

Table of Contents

Fiction

• Muse
• Slipping
• Confirm / Ignore
• Branded
• Smileys
• Princess
• My Insect Skin
• Parking
• Pop Tarts
• The Green
• Litmash
• Easy Touch
• Algebra
• Unathi Battles the Black Hairballs
• Dear Mariana
• Riding with the Dream Patrol
• Unaccounted
• Tankwa-Karoo
• Exhibitionist
• Dial Tone
• Ghost Girl

Nonfiction

• Adventures in Journalism

• All the Pretty Corpses

• Judging Unity

• Inner City

• On Beauty: A Letter to My Five-Year-Old Daughter

For more information about SLIPPING: FICTION, ESSAYS, & OTHER WRITING, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Clara Bacou

Design by Elizabeth Story