“These stories, engaging though their ideas are, never simply rest on those ideas but place them in intricately detailed, realistic settings. His more subtle stories, set in worlds very like our own, are even more insidiously intriguing.”

— Kirkus Reviews

“Throughout The Book of Disbelieving, Morse remains an assured storyteller. The language sings. The plots are layered. The characters come alive. In these nine stories, the situations and worlds often veer into the fantastical, but the heart of these works remain steadfastly in the human world. There is emotion within these pages – emotion that feels authentic and true.”

— Southern Review of Books

“The Book of Disbelieving is a collection that travels to strange and magical worlds, yet returns again and again to societal anxieties that echo our own.” 

— Electric Literature, “The Must-Read Debut Short Story collections of 2023”