Julia Armfield Books in Order

Women’s bodies and familiar surroundings undergo unsettling changes in this story collection. A city loses its ability to sleep, a teenager transforms during puberty, and devoted music fans become monstrous, blurring ordinary experience with horror.

Leah returns from a submarine expedition that left her trapped beneath the sea, but her wife Miri finds her profoundly changed. Their alternating perspectives explore the voyage’s horror and Miri’s struggle to preserve their shared life.

As relentless rain reshapes the world, three estranged sisters reunite after their architect father dies. A revelation in his will fractures their fragile bond, while family secrets and their mother’s disappearance suggest a more disturbing purpose awaiting them.

Climbers Liam and Petal join an expedition to a French Alpine peak where an earlier team met tragedy. New relationships, disturbing dreams, and strange experiences during the ascent leave them questioning reality and the aftermath of survival.