Unbound Edition Press today announced it will publish Aimee Parkison’s cross-genre collection of stories, Body of Evidence. The title, which blends real-life crime reports and speculative fiction, is scheduled for publication in October of 2025 to honor Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Unbound Edition Press also published Parkison’s most recent collection of short fiction, Suburban Death Project, in 2022 to wide acclaim. Kirkus Reviews praised the title, recognizing its “extraordinary, character-driven tales from a sublime voice that resonates,” and awarding it a coveted “Get It” ranking.
Parkison is widely published and the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including the Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize, the Kurt Vonnegut Prize from North American Review, the Starcherone Prize for Innovative Fiction, a Christopher Isherwood Fellowship, a North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship, a Writers at Work Fellowship, a Puffin Foundation Fellowship, and a William Randolph Hearst Creative Artists Fellowship. She currently teaches creative writing and literature in the MFA/PhD program at Oklahoma State University.
The Review of Contemporary Fiction wrote, “Aimee Parkison, whose stories have garnered both critical praise and prestigious awards, maintains a voyeur’s densely layered dynamic with the world. It is easy to get seduced as much by the sonic texture of her accomplished prose as by its startling cinematic imagery.”
Peter Campion, executive editor of the press and editor in chief of its literary journal, Revel, first commissioned a piece from Parkison, which led to the new collection. “We knew from that one story ‘Remember Me’ that we wanted more, and Aimee certainly brought her powerful voice and talent to Body of Evidence.”
Patrick Davis, publisher and editor in chief at Unbound Edition Press, said, “I have had the great honor of working with Aimee closely on both of her collections for the press. Her voice, which is as lush as it is inventive, is why we exist. The stories she tells are accessible, even if disturbing at times. They are universal because they are so deeply grounded in the challenges of everyday life.”
