The Shadow of the Mammoth

“Giving life to the incidental, the forgotten, and the ignored, The Shadow of the Mammoth, Fabio Morábito’s collection of eighteen distinctive, heartbreaking, and quirky tales, skews the intricacies of existence and compassion through wayward prisms…a fantastic short story collection that bursts with sympathetic personalities and outsiders’ insights.” —Foreword Reviews

“The newest stories by Mexican writer Morábito…ably translated by Bauer, depict microcosms in an unfeeling, remote world.” —Booklist

“The Shadow of the Mammoth is a masterful book, a singular collection focused on singularities. In a world intent on consuming mass quantities of media, Morábito has instead chosen to narrow his scope to one nail, one piccolo note, one patch of grass abutting an airport runway, and turn these small circumstances into worlds unto themselves.” —Elizabeth Gonzalez James, author of The Bullet Swallower

“The stories in The Shadow of the Mammoth are beautiful and sardonic snapshots of humans at their extremes: their oddest, their loneliest, their most neurotic. Simple, precise, but endlessly inventive, Morábito delights and surprises at every turn.” —Ruben Reyes Jr. author of Archive of Unknown Universes and There is a Rio Grande in Heaven

“The stories in Morábito’s The Shadow of the Mammoth are full of intrigue. Captivating and nuanced, they explore the intimate, the mundane, and the extraordinary with unique insight. Morábito’s sharp, crystalline, and voice-driven prose lands with undeniable authority. A great collection.” —Annell López, PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize Finalist and author of I’ll Give You a Reason