Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peach Pit: Sixteen Stories of Unsavory Women | 2023 | K-Ming Chang | Buy |
Peach Pit: Sixteen Stories of Unsavory Women is a 2023 anthology from Dzanc Books, edited by Molly Llewellyn and Kristel Buckley. The collection brings together sixteen stories about women who are messy, difficult, or outright dangerous. K-Ming Chang’s contribution, “Caller,” follows a young woman who develops an obsession with a scam caller. Reviewers noted the story’s dark comedy and its sharp take on loneliness and dead-end work.
The anthology sits alongside Chang’s other collaborative work, including her contributions to the horror anthology Death in the Mouth. Where her solo collections like Gods of Want focus on myth and diaspora, her anthology contributions tend to be shorter, stranger pieces that fit into the curatorial vision of each project. Peach Pit in particular leans into stories about women who refuse the roles expected of them.