Diving Board

A collection of haunting, bizarre, extraordinary stories in which human experience and relationships are examined as though through a magnifying glass and then distorted by the light. In Diving Board, children are dangerous, or in danger, adults are lost and confused, everything is a bit off kilter, and nothing is quite as it seems. In one story, two sisters visit a clearing in the woods where black birds fall from the sky and die en masse. In another, a family is besieged by a strange cloud. There are shape-shifting plants and mysterious beings from another planet. Award-winning Argentine author Toms Downey moves between reality, fantasy, horror, and science fictionhis work can be considered alongside Latin American authors such as Samanta Schweblin and Mariana Enrquezbut his fiction ultimately resides in a singular, magical space that exists beyond genres. Downey has the ability to draw you into his miniature worlds. To read these stories is like watching an anthology of eerie short films projected inside your head: they seem so real you could reach out and touch them.