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A deliciously dark collection of love stories to sink your teeth into, from the prizewinning author of NOW SHE IS WITCH Can ''no'' be a declaration of love? What happens when love is savage, dangerous and all-consuming? In this gorgeous and unsettling collection, women navigate the complexities and cruelties of desire across time and place, from a medieval convent to a Victorian parlour to a 1990s high school. ?? An expectant mother feeds raw meat to the wasp''s nest in her shed. ?? A pair of sapphic lovers use ghost possession to fleece money from lecherous men. ?? One woman in wartime London discovers that she loves her husband much more as a ghost. ?? A teenage girl becomes infatuated with a bloodthirsty succubus. Intensely atmospheric, surprising and darkly funny, this collection is a richly flavoured feast from a brilliant writer in full command of the form. PRAISE FOR KIRSTY LOGAN: ''A brilliant collection of stories . . . All will burrow their way into your brain and not let go'' Stylist ''Shimmers with menace . . . Fans of Angela Carter and Shirley Jackson take note'' i Newspaper KIRSTY LOGAN WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF BRITAIN''S TEN MOST OUTSTANDING LGBTQ WRITERS by Val McDermid for the International Literature Showcase in 2019
About the author
Kirsty Logan is an author of novels, short stories, chapbooks and collaborative projects with musicians and illustrators. Her books have won the Lambda, Polari, Saboteur, Scott and Gavin Wallace awards. She lives in Glasgow with her family, where she is working on film and TV projects.
@kirstylogan
www.kirstylogan.com
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Absolutely obsessed. Savage, strange and spicy... a fearsome and tart collection of short stories that will devour you whole Lucy Rose, author of Lamb
