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The Wallet and Other Thefts

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Closely observed and slyly destabilizing, The Wallet and Other Thefts is a book of short fiction shimmering with mystery and menace. This surreal, precise collection unfolds in a world beyond conventional time and space. Concerned...
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  • May 5, 2026
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Closely observed and slyly destabilizing, The Wallet and Other Thefts is a book of short fiction shimmering with mystery and menace. This surreal, precise collection unfolds in a world beyond conventional time and space. Concerned with theft, shame, exile, tourism, masochism, God, and “Nature,” these stories are lightly linked—objects, diseases, and landscapes reappear.
Gleason’s elliptical prose refuses traditional narrative logic, resisting easy resolution. Reminiscent of the work of Anna Kavan, Jane Bowles, and Marie NDiaye, The Wallet and Other Thefts is a work of slipstream fiction that pulses with a sense of something generously withheld.

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Price: $18.00
Pages: 183
Publisher: Fonograf Editions
Imprint: Fonograf Editions
Publication Date: May 5, 2026
Trim Size: 8.50 X 5.50 in
ISBN: 9781964499673
Format: Paperback
BISACs: FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Magical Realism
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"Kristen Gleason’s beautiful stories drift between the real and the intangible. Cities, colors, people, shapes merge into unexpected patterns only to be shaken into place by moments of extreme perception and emotion. A fantastic, revelatory book."
— Chris Kraus
Kristen Gleason is a fiction writer whose short stories have appeared in BOMB, A Public Space, McSweeney’s, The White Review, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and elsewhere. Her work has won a number of awards, including the BOMB Biannual Fiction Contest and the White Review Short Story Prize. She received a Writing Fellowship from A Public Space and was a fine arts Fulbright grantee in Tromsø, Norway. She lives in Athens, Georgia.