Stone Mattress Nine Wicked Tales

Eclectic, funny, vibrant, terrifying, beautiful, and utterly delightful. The Boston Globe

A tour de force of wit, style, and discernment. O, The Oprah Magazine

Astonishing. . . . Powerful. . . . I loved these strange, sharp and wild stories. Meg Wolitzer, NPR

Pure, simple and stunning. . . . Endearing, subtle, quite brilliant. San Francisco Chronicle

Powerful. . . . Witty and frequently biting, Stone Mattress is keen to the ways in which we choose, all our lives, to love and to hurt and in Atwood s world these two actions are always choices, creating consequences for which we will one day be held to account. The New York Times Book Review

Danc[es] over the dark swamps of Horror on the wings of satirical wit. . . .  Look at these tales . . .  as eight icily refreshing arsenic Popsicles followed by a baked Alaska laced with anthrax, all served with impeccable style and aplomb. Enjoy! Ursula K. Le Guin, Financial Times

The collection is surprisingly unsettling, gripping and at once laugh-out-loud hilarious. It attains its laudable goal: Myths last over time, and the stories in this book have that very quality. They are timeless, memorable and quite simply fun. Chicago Tribune

Powerful. . . . Extraordinary. . . . Realism and ridiculousness, play and deadly seriousness, are held in fine balance throughout. The Guardian (London)