Freak Weather
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American short stories
American women writers
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bold narrative style
boundary-pushing fiction
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challenging authority
character-driven narratives
conflicted women
contemporary fiction
daring narratives
dark humor
darkly comic fiction
defiance and rebellion
disruptive characters
dramatic storytelling
dysfunctional families
edgy contemporary voices
edgy female characters
emotional intensity
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experimental narrative style
experimental prose
experimental short fiction
fearless narratives
female perspective
feminist short fiction
fierce female voices
fractured identities
fragmented truth
gritty realism
identity and selfhood
intense character studies
intense psychological portraits
literary fiction with humor
literary innovation
literary short stories
modern American literature
modern literary fiction
modern women's voices
moral ambiguity
moral disobedience
powerful female leads
provocative storytelling
psychological drama
psychological realism
psychological suspense
psychological tension
raw emotional honesty
rebellious women characters
rule-breaking characters
satirical edge
sharp-edged fiction
short story collection
social commentary fiction
subversive literature
transgressive fiction
twisted relationships
unconventional heroines
unorthodox storytelling
unpredictable storytelling
unreliable narrators
voice-driven fiction
women defying authority
women in crisis
women's autonomy
women's fiction
women's struggles
Product details
- ISBN 9781625349521
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 08 Jan 2026
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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From a nurse who sees a rattlesnake in the pediatric ICU to an animal control officer convinced she's found her abducted daughter in the house of a dog hoarder, the thirteen stories in Freak Weather are as unpredictable as the atmospheric changes that give this collection its name. With dark and raucous humor, Mary Kuryla creates female characters who, at times, combine a violent urgency with lack of introspection as they struggle to get out from under the thumb of a perceived authority. The intricate language is inseparable from the narrator's conviction; the characters lie with such bravado they're soon tangled up in their own webs. This brand of romanticism in a female character is little tolerated, and Freak Weather's mission—Kuryla's artistic mission overall—is to scratch at the intolerable. Call it bad instructions for moral behavior.
Mary Kuryla has been awarded The Pushcart Prize and the Glimmer Train Short Fiction Prize. Her stories have been adapted into award-winning films that premiered at the Sundance and Toronto International film festivals.
