Where the Octopus Dreams

Eight short stories by Ankalina Dahlem take you intoa fever dream of longing and loss. Where the Octopus Dreams reads like if Angela Carterhad written fairy tales while recovering from a brokenheart in a damn cold Berlin winter. This slender collection of eight interconnected storiesfollows an unnamed narrator's pursuit of a shy octopusthrough impossible waters, each tentacle leavingbehind a tale that shifts between brutal realism andshimmering fantasy. Dahlem writes with the precision of a surgeon and therecklessness of a drunk poet.