The Masters Review included The Wilds in their “Best Books of 2014″ list!

Electric Lit included The Wilds in this list: “25 Best Short Story Collections of 2014.”

It’s amazing that Jeff VanderMeer published his brilliant Southern Reach trilogy, traveled all over the country, and had time to read all of these books this year. How in the hell does he do it? If you haven’t read his trilogy, get it now, and then check out his other suggestions. (And, yes, I’m excited that he included THE WILDS.)

Check out his list on Electric Lit.

The Wilds was included in the December 5 Sunday Book Review’s “Editor’s Choice”:

“Elliott is influenced by George Saunders, but shows a nice independent streak.”

See full list here.

Buzzfeed Books lists The Wilds  as one of “The 24 Best Fiction Books of 2014”!

Check out the list here.

Electric Lit features the Wilds in “Was 2014 the year of the Debut?”

See the full list here.

BookRiot  includes The Wilds in “Riot Round-up: The Best Books of 2014.”

The Wilds also appears in BookRiot’s “A Great Big Guide to 2014’s Must-Read Books from Indie Presses.”

My old friend Bill Vermin (okay, so his real name is Bill Verner) grilled me in a “Coming to Town” interview for Bull Spec magazine, asking me about textually transmitted brain parasites, “medically induced human molting,” the Southern Gothic, the incredible kindness of Jeff Vandermeer, and many other interesting things. Read the full interview here.

Kirkus lists The Wilds as one of fifteen best debut fiction books of 2014.

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Kirkus fiction editor  Laurie Muchnick talks about the “Best Fiction Books of 2014” list.

“This might be remembered as the year the literary walls began crumbling.”

Read full article here.