The Hotel existed long before it was built. Its doors open into places unexpected. Staying in Room 63 is not advised. The Hotel has a way of concealing itself, but you’ll have no trouble finding your way there. Those who visit rarely visit by choice. Things disappear in The Hotel. Things return. We’ll be at The Hotel soon.

Booker shortlister Daisy Johnson’s fourteen-tale anthology chronicles the brief and beguiling history of a liminal Travelodge mi...