Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Doppelgängers | 2016 | Helen Phillips | Buy |
| 2 | Some Possible Solutions | 2016 | Helen Phillips | Buy |
Helen Phillips’s two short story collections, both published in 2016, showcase her range within the speculative-literary space. Some Possible Solutions gathers stories that propose alternative versions of reality — possible solutions to problems that may not have answers. The Doppelgangers explores doubles and duplications, a theme that would recur in Phillips’s novel The Need.
The collections established Phillips as a short fiction writer whose work rewards readers willing to sit with ambiguity and discomfort. The stories are compact but unsettling, using speculative premises to probe questions about identity, choice, and what constitutes reality.