Scorch Atlas (Electronic book text)

In this striking novel-in-stories, a series of strange apocalypses have hit America. Entire neighborhoods drown in mud, glass rains from the sky, birds speak gibberish, and parents of young children disappear. Millions starve while others grow coats of mold. But a few are able to survive and find a light in the aftermath, illuminating what weOCOve become. In ?The Disappeared, OCO a father is arrested for missing free throws, leaving his son to search alone for his lost mother. A boy swells to fill his parentsOCO ransacked attic in ?The Ruined Child.OCO Rendered in a variety of narrative forms, from a psychedelic fable to a skewed insurance claim questionnaire, Blake ButlerOCOs full-length fiction debut paints a gorgeously grotesque version of America, bringing to mind both Kelly Link and William H. Gass, yet imbued with Butler's own vision of the apocalyptic and bizarre."