Saba Sams
British author known for the short-story collection Send Nudes (2022), noted for intimate, contemporary explorations of youth and relationships.
Books
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1. Gunk
Jules works behind the bar at a rundown student nightclub in Brighton, where she watches life pass by while her ex-husband runs the place. When a new, enigmatic young coworker arrives, their developing connection unsettles Jules and pushes her to rethink love, desire, and what family can become. Gunk is an intimate, atmospheric novel about unexpected bonds and the uncertain shape of the future.
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2. Send Nudes
Stories
A sharp, tender collection of stories that follows young women and girls as they navigate desire, friendship, and the uneasy thresholds of adulthood, from seaside towns to late-night city flats. Through messy hookups, online flirtations, and fraught family dynamics, the characters test the boundaries of intimacy and power while wrestling with body image, queerness, and consent. With wry humor and emotional precision, it captures the vulnerability and bravado of growing up in a digital age, where performance and connection collide and self-understanding arrives in brief, piercing flashes.