While Ling Ma has already proven herself to be a dazzling storyteller after her first novel “Severance,” her debut short story collection intuitively breaks into the universal anxieties of modern life ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to author Ling Ma about "Bliss Montage," her new collection of surrealistic short stories.

Ling Ma made a bold entrance into the literary world with the release of “Severance” in 2018. Her debut novel received praise from critics and casual readers alike, earning a spot on the first ...

Ling Ma’s prescient 2018 debut novel, “ Severance ” (no relation to the popular Apple TV Plus show), was set in a world where a virus turns people into zombies fated to repeat on a loop an ...

Ling Ma’s “Bliss Montage,” a collection which blends the real and the surreal, has won the Story Prize for best short fiction.

Ling Ma wants her writing to speak for itself, but the publishing industry doesn’t work that way. When a series of interviews and events are planned to promote her books, she feels like “an ...

Ling Ma, whose debut novel, "Severance," was acclaimed for its wild premise and execution, unspools more meaningful dark fantasies in "Bliss Montage." ...

In Bliss Montage, Ling Ma’s excellent collection of short stories, the surreal is as everyday as breakfast. Each story heralds a fresh strangeness: the yeti that lurks beneath human skin, a drug ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Ling Ma’s “Bliss Montage,” a collection which blends the real and the surreal, has won the Story Prize for best short fiction. Ma will receive $20,000 for “Bliss Montage ...