The wonderful Bustle included The New and Improved Romie Futch in “13 of October 2015’s Best Books to Read in the Crisp Air.”
“Julia Elliott may be a wizard,” writes Meredith Turits, “and I don’t throw that term around with abandon. She proved to us with her short story collection, The Wilds, that her prose is like nothing you’ve ever read: sharp, hilarious, dark, and, expansive all at once. With Romie Futch, a book about a divorced South Carolina taxidermist who is haunted by his ex-wife, and arguably isn’t taking the best steps to get his life back on track, Elliott has gone above and beyond with an eye-opening gothic satire that pushes the boundaries of dystopia.”