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.