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Blue Unicorn: Stories

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An employee at a sweet shop becomes obsessed with a man with a face tattoo. A petrol station worker, fresh out of a toxic relationship, receives strange phone calls during the night shift. A teenage boy keeps a secret from his girlfriend, to disastrous effect.

For fans of Eliza Clark, Marieann Joy Stephen’s debut story collection explores how our desire to be loved deconstructs our sense of self, dissecting the ways in which the connections that bind us and the people we want in our lives ultimately help, hinder, or haunt us.

'Thrums with a hidden darkness and a gritty realism that sticks to your teeth. Stephen digs at the ugly underside of what it means to be human and finds colours there few even bother to look for.' - Vanessa Santos, author of Make a Home of Me.

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