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In the tradition of narrativa de lo inusual (narrative of the unusual), The Only Sound Is the Wind combines the fantastic with the everyday, weaving elements of magical realism and surrealist twists to sharpen our view of human (and animal) connection. In the title story, the arrival of a mail-order clone complicates a burgeoning romance; a lonely librarian longing for her homeland strikes up an unusual relationship in the award-winning ""The Moth""; when humans start giving birth to puppies and kittens in ""This New Turn,"" a realignment of the natural order ensues. With a playful tenderness and satirical bent, The Only Sound Is the Wind explores solitude and communion, opening strange new worlds where characters try to make their way toward love.

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"""These stories—these bewitching portraits of a melancholy dystopia—are spellbinding. Pascha Sotolongo holds a slightly warped mirror up to our habits and inclinations, to our love affairs and flirtations, creating fiction that haunts with its quiet introspection and dark wit. With this rich collection, Sotolongo joins the ranks of Margaret Atwood and Cristina Rivera Garza, and other masters of illusion."" -- Timothy Schaffert, author of The Perfume Thief ""The intimate, incendiary stories in Pascha Sotolongo’s elegantly woven debut collection offer an ode to the grief and exhilaration of diaspora, probe the delicate shades of gray between solitude and loneliness, and hinge, ultimately, on metamorphosis. The Only Sound is the Wind is a scar shaped like Cuba—a gorgeous scar."" -- Joy Castro, author of One Brilliant Flame"

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Pascha Sotolongo’s short fiction has been published in outlets including Narrative, American Short Fiction, Ninth Letter, and Pleiades. She teaches English and creative writing on the Great Plains.

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