Children in Tactical Gear

Children in Tactical Gear offers a brilliant feed of stark incantations and unsparing satire. Set in distinctly American landscapes, including toy weapon assembly lines and the compounds of the super rich, and voiced by imperiled children, failed adults, and even a smart home speaker, this collection demonstrates the unsettling force of a surreal imagination under duress.

Peter Mishler’s collection Fludde won the Kathryn A. Morton Prize from Sarabande Books. He lives in Kansas City, Kansas.