Roadkill

Roadkill is a radically brilliant collection. These uncanny fables shine a spotlight on the many ways women have been kept down, with nimble sentences that belie the fury thrumming beneath. Reading this book made me want to spark trouble and overthrow the system – Jane Flett, author of FREAKSLAWI loved how unsettled each of these stories made me feel, and how Amil never neatly tidies away that unease, choosing instead to leave readers with plenty to contemplate, and plenty to keep them up at night. I loved, too, the eerie beauty of the worlds she creates, the complicated women at the stories’ hearts, and the often surprising way each story explores and explodes conventional ideas of entrapment and escape – Naomi Ishiguro, author of COMMON GROUNDThis thrilling and unsettling story collection pulls no punches. It might introduce us to strange new worlds, but the themes at its heart are disturbingly close to home. I loved this collection – Megan Bradbury, author of EVERYONE IS WATCHING

Amil is a South Korean writer and translator. She has won numerous awards for her short stories, including the SF Award in the Short-Mid Novel category for ‘Roadkill’ and the SF Award Grand Prize for ‘Rabbi’, both of which feature in her debut story collection in English, Roadkill. Amil has translated works by authors including James Baldwin, Joyce Carol Oates, Jeanette Winterson, R. O. Kwon and Lucas Rijneveld into Korean.