HELLIONS Is a GIZMODO April Book Pick
I’m stoked that Gizmodo has included Hellions in “65 New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books to Check Out in April.”
I’m stoked that Gizmodo has included Hellions in “65 New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books to Check Out in April.”
Chicago Review of Books Recommends Hellions in “12 Must-Read Books of April 2025“: “Hellions is a captivating collection that brings a blend of surreality and Southern gothic horror into every short story. Julia Elliott masterfully crafts these haunting tales, bringing both comedy and a dreadful sense of eeriness to every page.”
Goodreads lists Hellions in “The Goodreads Editors Share their April Book Picks.” According to Goodreads, “Our monthly Readers’ Most Anticipated Books feature is exactly that—selections based on the data about the books that Goodreads members are placing on their Want to Read shelves. Essentially, these are the books that your fellow Goodreads regulars are excited about.” Goodreads editor Cybil says, “I am not often swayed by author blurbs on books, however when both Carmen Maria Machado and Jeff VanderMeer are praising a short story collection, I will be taking note! Let’s word cloud some ways people are describing this intriguing collection: Gothic, magical, lavish, unsettling, forbidding, feral.”
Deep South Magazine lists Hellions in “2025 Spring Reading Picks“: “16 of the latest fiction, memoirs and short story collections from authors across the South.” Coming April 15 (Tin House).
Thanks Reactor Magazine and Tobias Carroll for anticipating Hellions in “Can’t Miss Indie Press Speculative Fiction for March and April 2025”: “Elliott has a penchant for blending lived-in settings with big conceptual flexes.”
Dawson Baker of Free Times covers Hellions in “A Columbia Author Is Releasing a Short Story Collection for ‘Weirdos with a Sense of Wonder.'”
I love the psychedelic book cover and layout that the brilliant Beth Steidle designed for my story collection Hellions (Tin House). Fonts in Use notes the “vibrating color tones” and eye-catching use of Neulis Cursive.
Thanks Liberty Hardy for including Hellions in Book Riot‘s “The Best Remakes of Sci-Fi Films—and More SFF Links.”
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