“The loneliness and longing of the characters in Deliverywoman really stayed with me… haunting and beautifully constructed.”

— Daisy Johnson, Booker-shortlisted author of Everything Under

Available now through your local independent bookstore, Waterstones, Foyles, and Blackwell’s.

Deliverywoman (Influx Press) is the stunning debut collection from Eva Wyles – thirteen short stories that dive into the complexities of human connection, the pursuit of meaning, and modern-day loneliness.

Across a diverse cast of characters – from teachers and gas station workers to hedonistic revellers and wealthy gamers – Wyles explores the strange dimensions of our world and the dangers of ordinary life, with needle-sharp writing both real and surreal.

Deliverywoman sits alongside A.M. Homes’ The Safety of Objects and Ottessa Moshfegh’s Homesick for Another World, announcing the arrival of a powerful new voice in contemporary fiction.

“I loved spending time with Eva Wyles’ writing - there’s a striking emotional clarity to these stories of longing and belonging that has stayed with me, and calls me back to their carefully drawn world.”

— Octavia Bright, author of This Ragged Grace

“Eva Wyles has a knack for skewering life in all its messy glory and she does so with an unwavering eye. Visceral and deeply sexy, these stories wriggle under your skin and tug at you long after reading.”

— Orlaine McDonald, author of No Small Thing

“Immersive, sad, tender, funny and weird... everything I hope a short story collection will be.”

— Saraid de Silva, Women’s Prize-longlisted author of Amma

“A generous and perceptive writer... By punctuating tales of the strictest realism with dreamlike flights of horror and wonder, Deliverywoman ensures that you never know what kind of experience the next story will bring.”

— Colin Bond, Buzz Magazine

“I love a short story collection in which the author holds distinct moments up to examine them from different angles, letting the light hit them just so. This is what Eva Wyles does in Deliverywoman - life is shown to us by sometimes strange characters in often compelling settings. We are thrown into odd spaces where the rules are different from the everyday, though everything feels familiar, and we realise that, yes, life is absurd and it’s hard to figure out what to do next. Yet we have these companions, and the promise of a few good stories, brought together by a gifted writer, to keep us company.”

— Tina Makereti, author of The Mires

“Unexpectedly profound, these stories are incisive and achingly human, digging at the root of what it means to be a person, to reach for connection and feel the sharp edges of your own self. A collection that is sure to stay with you long after you put it down.”

— Vanessa Santos, author of Make a Home of Me

“There is a beautiful anthropology to Wyles’ writing; these are stories that know what makes us tick before we do.”

— Leah Dodd, author of Past Lives

“These compelling, acutely observed stories examine the points at which lives intersect. Characters connect and exit: passing each other, colliding, departing. They navigate their way through the heat of beginnings and endings, and try to make sense of everything in between.”

— Anna Taylor, author of Relief

“Deliverywoman builds a world that is both familiar and unfamiliar. Stories of debaucherous ski fields and summer house parties lead into stories of a desolate, post-pandemic future: where the streets are mostly empty and connection is fraught. These characters are lonely and often lost, but each story leaves you feeling that hope is just around the corner.”

— Joy Holley, author of Dream Girls