Abbey Mei Otis

About

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Abbey Mei Otis is a writer, a teaching artist, a storyteller and a firestarter, raised in the woods of North Carolina. She loves people and art forms on the margins. Her story collection, Alien Virus Love Disaster (Small Beer Press) was named one of the best science fiction books of the year by the Washington Post, and was a finalist for the 2018 Philip K Dick Award. She has received fellowships and residencies from MacDowell, Tin House, Millay Arts, the Vermont Studio Center, and the McKnight Foundation. She studied creative writing at the Michener Center for Writers, Oberlin College, and the Clarion West Writers Workshop. Currently she pays the bills as an Artist-in-Residence at the University of Pennsylvania. She lives in West Philly, where her favorite days are spent walking her dogs in the woods, holing up as a coffee shop goblin, chipping away at the novel, and dismantling the state.

Book

Alien Virus Love Disaster was named one of the best sci-fi books of the year by the Washington Post and was a finalist for the 2018 Philip K. Dick Award.

“An exciting voice... dreamy but with an intense physicality.”
— Washington Post Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2018

“Otis’s fiction has a dynamic blend of contemporary and speculative approaches, diamond-edged and furious in her exploration of power, oppression, and grief.”
— Dig to the Insides: Alien Virus Love Disaster by Abbey Mei Otis Reactor

“Otis’s work always retains a dark humor and unique narrative sensibility; there are consistently shocking turns, and these stories often end in unexpected ways. Definitely a standout collection, one well worth revisiting for future reads."
— Stephen Hong Sohn & Lina Jiang,
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Get your copy below:

• Small Beer Press
• AK Press