Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine

A strange and sinister debut from Stephen Dixon Award winner Kristina Ten

The new kid in school discovers a diabolical presence in the depths of an English-language-learning CD-ROM. A desperate and declining empire designs an elaborate matchmaking system around cootie catchers and soda-can tabs. A former varsity volleyball player reopens the grisly wounds of her youth, haunted by a lost friend. In each story, the game has been twisted. In each game, players must make their own rules. Through a bloody, shattered lens, the artifacts of growing up take on a new and disquieting power-riddles remain unsolved, pranks have perilous stakes, and superstitions won't save you.

Populated by living paper dolls, summer camp legends, and trivia nights gone terribly wrong, the twelve genre-crossing tales in Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine wrestle with themes of memory, disobedience, alienation, belonging, and the horrors of inhabiting a body others seek to control.

Author: Kristina Ten
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Stillhouse Press
Published: 10/07/2025
Pages: 322
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.72d
ISBN: 9781945233302