Kristen Roupenian

American writer best known for the viral New Yorker short story 'Cat Person' (2017) and the collection 'You Know You Want This' (2019).

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  1. 1. You Know You Want This

    Cat Person and Other Stories

    A collection of dark, unsettling short stories that probe the messy intersections of desire, power, consent, and self-deception in contemporary life, blending psychological realism with horror and satire. From awkward hookups to manipulative friendships and monstrous transformations, these tales expose the uneasy truths people hide from others and themselves, revealing how intimacy can curdle into cruelty, humor into dread, and ordinary encounters into quietly terrifying reckonings.

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