The Babysitter at Rest

The Babysitter at Rest is a collection of short stories by American writer Jen George published in 2016 by the Dorothy Project.

[1] The titular story in the collection won BOMB Magazine's 2015 Fiction Contest.

The book's style has been described as surreal, nightmarish, and characterized by distorted images and elaborate exaggeration.

[3][4][5] George has acknowledged the influence of surrealist painter and writer Leonora Carrington on the stories in the book.

[6] This article about a collection of short stories published in the 2010s is a stub.

First edition