About the Book

From Eliza Clark, the author of the brilliant novels Boy Parts and Penance and one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists, comes a fierce, visionary and darkly comic story collection.

A woman welcomes a parasite into her body.

A teenager longs for perfect skin.

A scientist tends to fragile alien flora.

A young man takes the night into his own hands. 

Unsettling, revelatory, and laced with her signature dark humor, Eliza Clark’s debut short story collection plumbs the depths of that most basic human feeling: hunger. 

Critical Praise

“A firecracker of a book that blends horror with speculative fiction and fantasy as it delves into themes of gender and power.” — The Guardian

"Each story lands like a quick slap, the impact landing a little after its conclusion. " — GQ (UK)

“Readers of horror and speculative fiction will thoroughly enjoy this fun collection of short stories . . . . The feminist themes and rich characters of She's Always Hungry will stick with readers long after they close the book.” — Booklist

“In a new collection of short stories, Clark shows off a growing mastery of the absurd, the bizarre, and body horror… An unsettling collection of stories that solidifies Clark as a writer to watch in the world of horror.” — Kirkus Reviews

“The bestselling author of Boy Parts is back with a collection of stories that have her dark sense of humor… with a little body horror thrown in for good measure.  — Book Riot

“She’s Always Hungry is packed with darkly funny, often speculative pieces, each with a hefty punch. . . .Inventive and incendiary, Clark’s stories never shirk from the challenges in their content or their broader themes. Make no mistake: they are disturbing. . . .But it’s Clark’s ability to attack taboo topics of gender, sexuality, violence, and the power dynamics that intertwine them that makes her collection unmissable. Discover: A daring collection of dark and often speculative stories, Eliza Clark’s She’s Always Hungry is a relentless joyride that explores systemic power dynamics and an everyday lust for the unattainable.” — Shelf Awareness (starred review)

"She's Always Hungry is a howlingly good collection by an author at the very height of her powers. By turns funny, repulsive, and tender, it is a collection that begs you to pick a favourite story and yet confounds you at every turn with its range and dexterity. Clark is a writer whose mastery of voice and genre is impossible not to envy." — Julia Armfield, author of Our Wives Under the Sea and Private Rites

"No one is writing like Eliza Clark." — Nicola Dinan, author of Bellies

"Totally wild." — Claire Kohda, author of Woman, Eating

“Here are eleven surreal, troubling and frankly gross little worlds. How I loved my time in them.” — Saba Sams, author of Send Nudes

“A delectable smörgåsbord of snack-sized weird, She’s Always Hungry is a meal for the most avant garde queens. I loved every story, licked the plate clean and left no crumbs.”  — Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller

"Scary and satirical, Clark's debut collection is unsettling, repulsive and darkly hilarious." — Juno Dawson, bestselling author of Her Majesty's Royal Coven

"Visceral and transgressive, eerie and playful, sometimes depraved and often laugh-out-loud funny." — Colin Walsh, author of Kala

"I gobbled them up in one sitting." — Camilla Grudova, author of The Coiled Serpent

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Product Details

• ISBN: 9780063393264
• ISBN 10: 0063393263
• Imprint: Harper Perennial
• On Sale: 11/12/2024
• Trimsize: 5.310 in (w) x 8.000 in (h) x 0.540 in (d)
• Pages: 240
• List Price: $17.99
• BISAC1 : FICTION / Literary
• BISAC2 : FICTION / Psychological
• BISAC3 : FICTION / Short Stories (single author)
• BISAC4 : FICTION / Humorous / Black Humor