{"product_id":"the-age-of-calamities-stories-paperback","title":"The Age of Calamities: Stories - Paperback","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\u003eSenaa Ahmad\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWritten by an inimitable new voice, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Age of Calamities\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eis a genre-defying, mind-bending collection of absurdist, funny, and speculative short stories. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this bold debut collection, Senaa Ahmad pushes the boundaries of history and its figures, sending the reader on a thrilling ride. In \"Let's Play Dead,\" Henry VIII wants Anne Boleyn gone, but there's a tiny problem--she keeps coming back to life no matter what he does. \"Choose Your Own Apocalypse\" hurls readers back to 1945, where they assume the role of a technician for the Manhattan Project, confronted with labyrinthine paths and harrowing outcomes. And \"Inside the House of the Historian\" invites us to a dinner party turned murder mystery full of figures like Nefertiti, Queen Victoria, John Adams, and Marilyn Monroe. These stories and others entice readers to confront the past, the present, and themselves all at once. Zany and haunting, inviting and brilliant, each poignant tale delves into the surreal and tragicomic nature of the present through the lens of yesterday. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Age of Calamities\u003c\/i\u003e is an evocation of life and death on history's unsteady margins, of how to reckon with the blunt-force trauma of ill-fated times. Fiercely clever and wildly inventive, this debut establishes Senaa Ahmad as a literary force.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSenaa Ahmad\u003c\/b\u003e's short fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest American Science Fiction and Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest Canadian Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She has received the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council, the Speculative Literature Foundation, and the Carl Brandon Society's Octavia Butler Scholarship. Her work was also the recipient of a Pushcart Prize and the Sunburst Award and a finalist for the National Magazine Award for Fiction. \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Calamitie\u003c\/i\u003es is her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 13, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987641991469,"sku":"9781250378477","price":19.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/KenlfT6-Pl9781250378477.webp?v=1776183191","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-age-of-calamities-stories-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}