From Shirley Jackson award-nominated author Tobi Ogundiran, comes a highly anticipated debut collection of stories full of magic and wonder and breathtaking imagination!

In "The Lady of the Yellow-Painted Library" — featured in Levar Burton Reads — a hapless salesman flees the otherworldly librarian hell-bent on retrieving her lost library book.

"The Tale of Jaja and Canti" sees Ogundiran riffing off of Pinocchio. But this wooden boy doesn't seek to become real. Wanting to be loved, he journeys the world in search of his mother-an ancient and powerful entity who is best not sought out. 

"The Goatkeeper's Harvest" contains echoes of Lovecraft, where a young mother living on a farm finds that goats have broken into her barn and are devouring all her tubers. As she chases them off with a rake, a woman appears claiming the goats are her children, and that the young woman has killed one of them and must pay the price: a goat for a goat.

These and other tales of the dark and fantastic await!

PRAISE FOR JACKAL, JACKAL

“Vivid and twisted, ironic and stirring, the varied stories in the collection are told with verve. Ogundiran’s prose has a warm, enthusiastic vitality.”— The New York Times

“Superb weird-fantasy fictions… an unfailing capacity for surprise.” —Publishers Weekly, Top 10 Summer Read

"These stories will captivate readers with their haunting atmosphere, confident voice, and immersive settings." —Becky Spratford, Booklist

“Jackal, Jackal is a great showcase of Ogundiran’s consistency and strengths as a storyteller and dark fabulist. Forget logic. These are stories you are meant to feel. Think Grimm by way of Amos Tutuola. Stephen King meets Cyprian Ekwensi.” —Wole Talabi, Locus magazine

“Ogundiran’s tales revel in small moments that create big ripples. Jackal, Jackal is a collection of such stories, characters grasping at a wish in their own unique, earnest way. An exciting yet intimate collection from a writer who continues to surprise and delight.” —Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Author of The Nameless Republic trilogy

“Jackal, Jackal is an astonishing debut collection with real teeth.” —Priya Sharma, Author of Pomegranates

“Jackal, Jackal is a magnificent collection that ensconces Tobi Ogundiran in the pantheon of great Nigerian fabulists like Amos Tutuola and Nuzo Onoh. His imagery is mythic and gruesome, his prose sharp and sumptuous. Every story in this book is a polished gem that contains a tempest. An unforgettable debut.” —Richard Gavin, Author of grotesquerie 

“…a proud, confident debut …this volume presages many fine stories to come, and should find its way to various awards ballots soon.” —Locus

⭐️A Publishers Weekly Top Ten Summer Read (2023)

⭐️ She Reads Best Book Club Summer Pick

⭐️ Book Riot’s Pick for Highly Anticipated Speculative Short Story Collection

⭐️ A Fantasy Hive Highly Anticipated Release