Join us for an exclusive salon-style discussion with author Julia Elliott, complete with wine, charcuterie, and thoughtful conversation. Only 25 spots are available, so be sure to reserve quickly!

Bonus: The salon will of course feature charcuterie and wine, AND a signed copy of Hellions, but will also include some truly fantastic takeaways you won't want to miss, as well as 10% off Julia's other works, The Wilds short story collection and her novel, The New and Improved Romie Futch.

We can’t wait to see you there and join in this unforgettable afternoon of conversation, and connection as we delve deeper into the wisdom and the wit.

Hellions: Stories is a visceral collection of stories that run feral through the backwoods of the American South. Known for her genre-defying blend of speculative strangeness and Southern grit, Elliott’s writing is razor-sharp and yet somehow still magical.

The collection opens with a plague-stricken convent and closes in the swamps of South Carolina, stopping along the way to introduce us to alligator companions, mystic manuscripts, and sharp-tongued girls navigating a world that rarely makes room for their rage or radiance.

Hellions never loses its grounding in the truths of its characters. There’s real tenderness here, woven among the ruin and wonder. Elliott’s prose slices straight to the bone, but what she reveals is always human: vulnerability, desire, grief, and grit.

Ultimately, these stories give voice to those living in the margins—outsiders, women, children, the dispossessed. You’ll love being immersed in the author’s weird worlds, and will be left with much to ponder…

Julia Elliott is the author of the story collection The Wilds, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, and the novel The New and Improved Romie Futch (both from Tin House). Her work has appeared in The Georgia Review, Tin House, Conjunctions, and the New York Times. She has won a Rona Jaffe Writers’ Award, and her stories have been anthologized in Best American Short Stories and Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses.

She teaches English and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of South Carolina and lives in Columbia with her husband, daughter, and five hens.