Sad Grownups

For those who've been sad and tried not to be, seventeen stories about the absurdity of searching for joy in a dying world.

Winner of the 2025 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection

A neighborhood of picturesque content-creation houses perched on too-green lawns in a California desert; a meandering stampede of unleashed dogs on the streets of San Francisco; a skein of snow geese alighting in a state park in Missouri; an uncanny fundraising auction at an upscale suburban...