Head of Household

Description

A powerful, singular collection of short stories depicting the evolving role of fatherhood in contemporary society–perfect for readers of Jamel Brinkley’s A Lucky Man and Phil Klay’s Redeployment.

From stories about a father who shows up hungover to chaperone his daughter’s kindergarten bowling trip, to another who rediscovers his love of graffiti, and a father who pays for his legal fees and apartment through his OnlyFans earnings, Head of Household is a short story collection that reckons with divorce, financial anxiety, and sexuality to create a collage of the beleaguered father, a man on the frontlines of a masculinity in crisis–stories of men salvaging the shreds of their identities while staging puppet shows and pretending to be ponies for their children.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Oliver Munday
Published: 02/17/2026
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9781668078303
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 1.20″ H x 8.50″ L x 5.70″ W

About the Author
Oliver Munday is a graphic designer and the author of Don’t Sleep: The Urgent Messages of Oliver Munday and the short story collection Head of Household. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Believer, The Sewanee Review, and LitHub. He lives in New York City.