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The wild creatures

by Sam D'Allesandro

The Wild Creatures brings together all the stories of Sam D'Allesandro, a young voice whose life was tragically snuffed out at age 31 at the height of the AIDS epipemic in 1988. This new collection includes all of D'Allesandro's published stories (including those first collected in the out-of-print cult-classic "The Zombie Pit") as well as unpublished stories found among D'Allesandro's papers years after his death, by his editor, the novelist and poet Kevin Killian, who worked with the literary estate to creat this extended edition of his writing.

Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?