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Things to Do When You're Goth in the Country Things to Do When You're Goth in the Country Things to Do When You're Goth in the Country & Other Stories is a 2017 collection of short stories by the American writer Chavisa Woods published by Seven Stories Press. Its stories focus on the lives of rural Americans, especially how their lives are affected by gender, class, and sexuality. The author Samantha Hunt described the book as "it's Murakami meets meth heads," in reference to one of the stories where the narrator returns home to find her family struggling with local meth dealers. Woods has previously published a collection of