Praise for Householders: "Cayley writes with a passion that seems to extend that longed-for forgiveness to her characters when they cannot bring themselves to do it for themselves." - Memphis Flyer "You don't have to come from a foreign country to be a stranger in your land. Cayley's haunting short stories weave together stealthily, gentle until the cosh strikes your skull . Brutally, beautifully lyrical." - Lavender Magazine "Full of startling turns of phrase and evocative descriptions . Cayley's background as a poet--she has published two collections of poetry--shines . With Householders, Cayley has envisioned a world that mirrors our own like a distorted funhouse--a place where the moral and physical stakes are heightened, where emotional bonds run deeply, and where something menacing is often lurking. It's a frightening world, but it makes for a compelling story collection, as good to tear through for the narrative as it is to savor (and savor again) for the language.

" - ZYZZYVA "Cayley's world is a dangerous place, all the structures built with discarded slivering wood and rusted nails, but one where strange sacredness arrives in the middle of the ordinary day. The mysterious reasons that push her misplaced, displaced people are as convincing as memories, painful but necessary to relive. Read these stories, you'll be glad you did." - Marina Endicott, author of The Voyage of the Morning Light "Taut and brimming with clarity." - Souvankham Thammavongsa, Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning author of How to Pronounce Knife "Reading each story in Kate Cayley's Householders is like entering a household, one that is unique in its treasured secrets and hidden corners of glory and shame. The inhabitants--a trio of aging hippies, a blogger masquerading as a nun, a group of traumatized escapees from a fanatical commune, a washed-up but still brilliant musician--are all seekers after whatever good life, or good death, they can find. Having met them, the reader is left with a lingering sense of responsibility, as for worrisome old friends who are loved in spite of themselves." - KD Miller, author of Late Breaking.