Cocoon Anthology 5 'link'

The discourse surrounding is healthy. It is being taught in two experimental narrative courses (at Brown and CalArts), which will inevitably cement its status as a cult classic.

To read is to squirm. These are not cozy stories of butterflies emerging gracefully. Instead, the anthology fixates on the ugly phases of transformation. COCOON anthology 5

Almost every story in touches on the body as a site of conflict. In "Larval Stage," a pregnant character is unsure if she is carrying a child or something else entirely. In "Molting Season," a middle-aged office worker sheds his skin every Monday morning in the shower, leaving behind a "husk" that his wife refuses to acknowledge. The horror is mundane, which makes it infinitely worse. The discourse surrounding is healthy