<p><b>''Extraordinary . . . Folk is a dazzling talent'' Karen Joy Fowler</b><br><br><b>''Wonderfully weird'' <i>Daily Mail</i></b><br><br>A woman uses dating apps to find a partner, despite the threat posed by ''blots'', artificial men more interested in stealing data than dating. A sculptor, trapped in a skyscraper restaurant when a violent coup erupts below, creates a perfect model of the town as it is destroyed. A curtain of void obliterates the world at a steady pace, leaving one woman to decide with whom she wants to spend eternity.<br><br>Haunting and darkly inventive, the stories in <i>Out There</i> deftly combine science fiction and horror to uncover an unforgettable vision of the absurdity of life in the digital age.<br><br><b>''The literary love child of Kafka and Camus and Bradbury penning episodes of <i>Black Mirror</i>'' Chang-Rae Lee, author of <i>Native Speaker</i></b></p>