Novel; releasing October 27, 2026 from Saga Press
art by Caroline Johnson
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“Using aliens to explore alienation, She Isn’t Herself Tonight brilliantly turns abduction narratives on their heads. Piper continues to outdo herself.“
– Publishers Weekly (starred review)
When Rabbit was ten years old, she was abducted by aliens. Then, it happened again when she was twenty. Now thirty, she’s ready for their next visit. What she isn’t prepared for is her boyfriend callously ending their long-term relationship and ejecting her from their shared home.
When Rabbit was ten years old, she was abducted by aliens. Then, it happened again when she was twenty. Now thirty, she’s ready for their next visit. What she isn’t prepared for is her boyfriend callously ending their long-term relationship and ejecting her from their shared home.
As her birthday approaches, the aliens still haven’t arrived. Rabbit descends into a spiral of growing paranoia and bizarre bodily transformations, until soon it seems that even her reflection has a mind of its own. With her only refuge being the chaos of strangers who might not have her best interests at heart, Rabbit worries that her ex’s abandonment not only severed her from his life, but also from her own. Struggling to orient herself within a world growing more topsy-turvy by the day, Rabbit must regain control before her aliens at last return.
“A propulsive, thrillingly strange genre-bending novel full of yearning, that’s magically poignant, earnest, squirmy, and unsettling in equal measure. Blissfully twisted and genuinely heartfelt.“
– Rachel Harrison, New York Times bestselling author of Play Nice and So Thirsty
“What does it mean to be chosen—and does being chosen mean that you belong? This is the question pulsing at the center of She Isn’t Herself Tonight. Eerie and heartfelt by turns, it’s an ode to choosing who we are, who we love, and how we live.”
– Mollyhall Seeley, author of We Hexed the Moon