Near Flesh: Stories

“Dunn’s pieces have an almost irrepressible kinetic energy.” —Alexandra Kleeman, The New York Times

A previously unpublished collection of stories about motherhood, violence, and desire, from the cult icon Katherine Dunn, the author of Geek Love.

A woman invests in a series of sex robots to get her off and comes to terms with the limitations—and real threat—of automated companionship. A knowing young student pursues an affair with an older man, the poet in residence at the university where sh...