Unwieldy Creatures

By Addie Brook Tsai

Shortlisted for the 2022 Shirley Jackson Award

Unwieldy Creatures, a biracial, queer, nonbinary retelling of Mary Shelley's classic novel Frankenstein, follows the story of three beings who all navigate life from the margins: Plum, a queer biracial Chinese intern at one of the world's top embryology labs, who runs away from home to openly be with her girlfriend only to be left on her own; Dr. Frank, a queer biracial Indonesian scientist, who compromises everything she claims to love in the name of science and ambition when she sets out to procreate without sperm or egg; and Dr. Frank's nonbinary creation who, painstakingly brought into the world, is abandoned due to complications at birth that result from a cruel twist of revenge. Plum struggles to determine the limits of her own ambition when Dr. Frank offers her a chance to assist with her next project. How far will Plum go in the name of scientific advancement and what is she willing to risk?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1938841360
• ISBN13: 9781938841361
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Jaded Ibis Press, LLC
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"