Chris Adrian is an American author whose writing style in short stories varies greatly: from modernist realism to pronounced lyrical allegory. His novels also tend toward surrealism, focusing on mostly realistic characters who experience fantastic circumstances. He was selected by The New Yorker as one of its 20 Under 40 in 2010. He currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.
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Jorie has just received some terrible news. A phone full of missed calls and sympathetic text messages seems to indicate that her husband, Jim, a chaplain at the hospital where she works as a surgeon, is dead. Only, not quite—rather, his head has been r... SEE MORE