{"product_id":"i-am-the-ghost-here-stories-hardcover","title":"I Am the Ghost Here: Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKim Samek\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The debut by Pushcart-winning short story writer Kim Samek blends subversive humor with the absurd in a memorable collection of stories. . . . Recommended for fans of Ben Loory and Aimee Bender.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003e(20 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2026)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK: \u003ci\u003eAlta, The Millions, Debutiful, Lit Hub, The Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA woman's limbs disappear into \"the cloud\" during wildfire-induced power outages. A lonely DoorDasher accidentally becomes the star of someone else's reality show, forced to resolve her fraught relationship with her immigrant mother for the narrative. Succumbing to a widely denied pandemic, a gymnastics coach must carry her heart around in a Mason jar, using her disability to become an influencer. Two chronically single, chronically ill people become soulmates, only to discover their meeting was algorithmically orchestrated by ad tech. Other dramas unfold as icebergs melt and island-sized trash heaps burn. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThreaded with sharp social commentary, these stories question the engineering of human connection through technology, social media, and reality television. Warm, endlessly strange, and filled with dark yet hopeful humor, \u003ci\u003eI Am the Ghost Here\u003c\/i\u003e casts familiar crises of contemporary life in a wholly unique light, offering a pathway towards our shared humanity even as reality comes crumbling down.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKim Samek\u003c\/b\u003e is the O. Henry Prize-winning author of the debut story collection \u003ci\u003eI Am The Ghost Here\u003c\/i\u003e (The Dial Press, 2026). Her fiction has also won the Pushcart Prize and has been cited as a distinguished story in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. Her stories appear in \u003ci\u003eZyzzyva, The Threepenny Review, Story, Guernica, \u003c\/i\u003eand elsewhere. She works as a TV writer and producer, with credits including \u003ci\u003eWordGirl\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCatfish, \u003c\/i\u003e and her writing has been nominated for an Emmy Award. A native of Seattle, she studied Creative Writing and German Literature at Stanford University. She lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 8.52 x 5.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 24, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45378222817324,"sku":"9798217153572","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/bUYm4vhULR9798217153572.webp?v=1781774894","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/i-am-the-ghost-here-stories-hardcover","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}