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The Good Eye

Contributors

By Jess Gibson

Formats and Prices

On Sale
May 12, 2026
Page Count
256 pages
Publisher
Cardinal
ISBN-13
9781538777749

Price

$28.00

Startling, spellbinding stories, in which appearances and intentions are rarely what they seem

A psychic harnesses her talent for animal communication to extract a perfect revenge. A stone appears in a woman’s pocket like a charm, only to end up lodged in her partner’s throat. A condescending artist, who considers his girlfriend too conventional, throws a dinner party where he’s served a painful and consequential truth.

Jess Gibson brings us twelve probing, sideways tales that wrestle with the limits of perception and possibility. The men and women in her stories confront contradictory forces: the beautiful can turn grotesque, the exalted can fall into disgrace, the genius can be proved an impostor. Sharp, funny, surprising, and utterly original, The Good Eye announces a brilliant new voice in contemporary fiction.

 

Jess Gibson

About the Author

Jess Gibson, born in Canada, was raised in Toronto but moved around with her family, attending schools in England, Germany, the United States, Australia, and France. She studied at McGill and the University of Toronto, and received her PhD in Art History from Yale University. She lives in Brooklyn with her spouse and child.

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