“Beautifully written, wildly imaginative stories.” Kirkus Reviews

“Not a word is wasted in BIG BAD, an unusual and masterful collection of short stories.” Foreword Reviews

“Collins exhibits a contagious appreciation for the world’s strange horrors, big and small.” Publisher’s Weekly

“Offbeat, high-concept worldbuilding.” Books for Short Attention Spans 2021, Publisher’s Weekly

“A deliciously dark world in which anything is possible and the most horrifying is probable.” Southern Review of Books

“Deeply felt, thoroughly realized explorations, where love—unrealized, unrequited, unwanted—pervades.” 1455 Literary Arts

“Sparkling.” Prevail with Greg Olear

“Big Bad announces a voice as fresh as tomorrow morning.” Leslie Daniels author of Cleaning Nabokov’s House

“BIG BAD reads like an instant modern classic, found on the shelf between Joy Williams and George Saunders.” Jardine Libaire author of White Fur

“Collins balances horror and humanity, innocence and cruelty, and her humor enables her to do that.” Kurt Luchs author of Falling in the Direction of Up

“A fictional landscape so unflinchingly honest, I didn’t want to leave.” Rachel M. Harper author of This Side of Providence

“Collins leads her characters to face a metaphorical precipice, with comfort items nowhere in sight.” Cleveland Review of Books

2019 MARY MCCARTHY PRIZE

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2022 GOLD MEDAL IPPY

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2021 BRONZE MEDAL INDIES