ARGONAUT BOOKS

Twenty tales of lust and loss. These stories feature clockwork hearts, lascivious queens, paper men, island circuses, and a flooded world; some are radical retellings of classic stories, some are modern-day fables, but all explore substitutions for love. Reviews Kirsty Logan has been slated as a writer to watch, and alongside winning the Saboteur Award for Best Short Story Collection, The Rental Heart has been longlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. The stories within are inventive, beautiful, and shocking by turn, and the collection is one worthy ...Read More