Get in Trouble
Get in Trouble, published in 2015, is Kelly Link's fourth story collection and her first aimed primarily at adult readers in nearly a decade. The nine stories slip between literary fiction and the fantastic, drawing on horror, fairy tale, science fiction, and Southern gothic without committing to any single tradition. A teenage girl works at a pyramid themed resort haunted by a real ghost. A young woman attends a superhero convention while grieving a lost friend. Twin sisters share a dangerous double, and pocket universes intrude on otherwise normal lives. Link's prose is precise, funny, and quietly devastating, and her young narrators often face adult choices about loyalty, desire, and what they owe the people who love them. The collection was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and confirmed Link as one of the most distinctive short story writers of her generation.
What you might want to know about Get in Trouble
The questions readers send us most often, answered without spoilers.
Nine genre bending short stories about ghosts, superheroes, doubles, and ordinary people on the edge of something stranger.
Both; Link writes literary stories that use fantasy and horror elements without belonging neatly to either genre.
Yes, it is a strong entry point to Link's adult work, though Magic for Beginners is also a popular starting place.
Get in Trouble was written by Kelly Link, published in 2015 by Random House.
Get in Trouble is 336 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Get in Trouble takes most readers 5 to 7 hours to finish.
Get in Trouble is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
