Those Fantastic Lives for Preorder!!!
My debut collection of short stories, Those Fantastic Lives, will hit bookstores on October 1st, and I’m excited to announce that it’s officially available to preorder from your favorite bookstore! (Parnassus Books is my local indie, so here’s a link if you want to buy local.)
Here’s the synopsis of Those Fantastic Lives from my publisher: "Prepare to be transported to the edge of the world in Bradley Sides' affecting and haunting debut collection of magical realism short stories, Those Fantastic Lives. In Sides' collection, a young boy dreams of being a psychic like his grandmother, a desperate man turns to paper for a miracle, a swarm of fireflies attempt the impossible, scarecrows and ghosts collide, a mother and child navigate a forest plagued by light-craving monsters, a boy's talking dolls aid him in conquering a burning world, and a father and a mother deal with the sudden emergence of wings on their son's back. Brimming with our deepest fears and desires, Sides' stories tenderly examine the complexities of masculinity, home, transformation, and loss. Bradley Sides is an exciting new voice in fiction, and Those Fantastic Lives, which glows with the light of hope and possibility amidst dark uncertainties, will ignite your imagination."
Signed bookplate editions are available if you preorder directly from my publisher, so if you know you won’t see me in real life or at a book-related event to sign your book, make sure to order from City of Light if you want a signed copy.
I should be around—maybe virtually, maybe in person, maybe both—at some events for readings, talks, and signings this fall. I’ll update with a list of the planned events later on.
Thanks, everyone, for the support. Preorders really—really, really—help a book’s future success, so I appreciate any and all early purchases.
More in the coming weeks...