My Selfie Stick
A lost selfie stick. A city on the brink. One Uber ride to remember, and the end of the world as we know it.
Tag is an Uber driver who moonlights as a stand-up comedian, a master of Chicago's gridlocked streets and the awkward silences that fill them. He's used to odd passengers, but none as memorable as Gwyneth-a calm yet slightly delusional woman obsessed with a single, vanished selfie stick she lost at Nordstrom. For Gwyneth, the stick is more than a gadget; it's a talisman, a story she clings to with relentless, hilarious determination.
What starts as a simple car ride through Chicago's North Side soon spirals into a darkly comic meditation on loss, obsession, and the rituals that make us human. Gwyneth's relentless calls to customer service, her looping stories, and her refusal to let go frustrate and fascinate Tag, who channels the absurdity of the experience into a shaky open mic set.
Told in sharp, experimental prose, My Selfie Stick moves from the micro-dramas of daily life to the surreal chaos of experience, all through the lens of one woman's fixation and one driver's bemused perspective. It's about objects we imbue with meaning, the stories we can't stop telling, and the desperate, funny ways we try to feel seen-right up to the end.
Perfect for fans of dark comedy, contemporary fiction, and stories that play with form and expectation, this novel asks: What do you hold on to when the world falls apart? And what, in the end, do you let go?
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