Love twisted into horrific shapes, nightmares driven by cruel music, and a world where what little light remains fractures the sky into midnight rainbows in eighteen stories tracing the dark veins of queer horror, isolation, and the monstrous feminine.
The universe unwinds to the tune of a malicious ice cream truck jingle in ‘We All Scream’. ‘The Law of Conservation of Death’ dictates that a ghost pursue his prey across her every reincarnation. Superstitions thrive even in the distant future and across the stars when a colony shuttle mounts a witch trial in ‘Hairy Jack’. And try to ‘Forgive the Adoring Beast’ as it scavenges a world of dead gods for tokens of bloody affection.
Including two new short stories and a never-before-published novelette, Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy digs deep inside us and clings to the beating nightmare heart you always knew was there.
Mục lục
Feast for Small Pieces
The Law of Conservation of Death
Demons of Particular Taste
I’m Not a Chainsaw Kind of Girl, But
Candyland
Elf-Bride
Aggressive Mimicry
Seven Signs He Doesn’t Love You
Crones in Their Larval State
Hairy Jack
Daisy
The Umbilical Chord
We All Scream
The Burning of the Blueberries
Jormungandr’s Dance
Forgive the Adoring Beast
Among the Creatures of the Night
Recitation of the First Feeding