Tara Isabel Zambrano's Debut Short Story Collection

We're so excited for Tara Isabel Zambrano's debut short story collection, Death, Desire, and Other Destinations! Tara won our Short Short Fiction contest in 2019 with the amazing "New Old," and we can't wait to dig into this collection of short fiction.

As the spaceship crash lands in our backyard,' matter-of-factly begins one story in Tara Isabel Zambrano’s sexy, strangeDeath, Desire, and Other Destinations: this collection is likewise an otherworldly force, with startling impact.Lesbians have destination weddings on the moon, hearts leap from bodies, dead girls share cigarettes while contemplating their lost lives, women suffer temporary, sex-induced blindness, lovers swallow each other whole, harem girls kill their master’s enemies with poisonous kisses. This is a vivid, wild, captivating book.

—Kim Magowan, author of UNDOING and THE LIGHT SOURCE

Death Desire, and Other Destinations explores the rocky terrain of relationships and their fault lines, and unearths the boundaries between love, longing, and loss. Both real and surreal, lyrical and magical, sci-fi and speculative, these small stories shine a light in the darkness of seeking a human connection across space and time.

Check it out September 15 from Okay Donkey, and pre-order your copy today.