Ladies, Ladies, Ladies is the debut short story collection by Kristen Zory King. It features 18 vignettes, including the Pushcart nominated story, "A Fine Girl."
 
Paperback, perfect bound with spine.
65 pages.
To be published: February 11, 2025
ISBN: 979-8-89292-677-5
 
Praise for Ladies, Ladies, Ladies
 
"Kristen Zory King brings considerable talent, voice, and vision to this collection of vignettes, each written from a particular woman's point of view. It's a stunning concept that might not work as well from the pen of a lesser writer, but here, the short pieces are beautifully and effectively wrought. These are candid, aching stories of searching and survival, with prose that feels both intimate and true, like whispers over wine. The pieces feel intentionally enjambed, as if one woman's life is every woman's life; world without end, amen. Compelling and richly complex, Ladies, Ladies, Ladies resonates and reverberates with the intelligence and heart of its author. A must read."
 
- Kathy Fish, author of Wild Life: Collected Works
 
"Whether savored separately or swallowed whole, Ladies, Ladies, Ladies seduces with lyricism and sensuality, leaving us with a steadfast, feminist imperative: ‘You don’t need to stay sewn to your shadow. Fight hook and crook for this life of yours.’ This is a book to treasure – and to share with all the ladies in your life."
 
— Sara Lippman, author of LECH, Jerks, Doll Palace
 
"A remarkable collection of short fiction–thoughtful, playful, exuberantly alive, formally inventive, and often quietly daring in its stylistic approach. Through the accumulation of wonderful character-based vignettes, we experience a tapestry of lives crafted from small, poetic moments: a strand of hair dipped in ice cream, the hum of music through a car, a sunset on the belly of a cat–Reminiscent of the stories of Lydia Davis and Grace Paley, writers who have also conjured such magic and beauty from the everyday.”
 
— David Byron Queen, Word West Press