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Figment

(2016)
A novel by

A writer sits in an empty room and waits for the next story.

Her prompts are given to her every day. Sometimes multiple times a day. Sometimes in the middle of the night. She must respond by performing tantalizing typographic tricks for her Master, by intellectually entertaining him. If she fails, he punishes her. If she succeeds, she wins the most breathtaking rewards.

She never knows what's going to happen in her life. Only in her stories.

A succulent work of surrealistic metafiction from Alison Tyler.

Alison Tyler's writing was called, "Unpredictable, honest and raw," by Cara Sutra.

City Book Review wrote, "Tyler is a master wordsmith."

"The prose is pristine and beautiful," said Amos Lassen.

Publishers Weekly called her writing "... hot and honest... "