Helen Phillips Books in Order

After receiving a disturbing letter from their father, who studies birds in Central America, sisters Mad and Roo suspect he is in danger. They journey to Lava Bird Volcano to investigate his disappearance and the jungle's mysteries.

Sisters Mad and Roo travel into the Costa Rican jungle after their missing father's strange letter suggests a coded warning. A golden-eyed boy, endangered birds, and unusual plants become part of their effort to find him.

Josephine takes a job entering numbers into an unexplained database inside a windowless office. Her unease about its oppressive atmosphere intensifies when her husband disappears and returns without explaining where he has been.

These speculative stories imagine people knowing their death dates, encountering doubles, or seeing beneath others’ skin. In distorted versions of ordinary life, characters seek intimacy and stability while confronting strange conditions that unsettle their relationships and sense of identity.

Home alone with her two young children, Molly hears footsteps and fears an intruder. Confronting someone who knows intimate details about her family forces her to protect her children while questioning the boundaries of her own life.

A young couple tries to build a shared life in a world troubled by monsters and disasters. Linked fables move between familiar relationships and surreal encounters, exploring how longing, tenderness, and wonder survive amid instability.

Unemployed May joins an experiment that makes her face unrecognizable to surveillance, hoping to ease her family’s debt. A visit to a rare botanical refuge turns dangerous, forcing her to trust an intelligent robot with uncertain motives.