![]() ![]() Fans of Angela Carter and Shirley Jackson take note' i Newspaper. All will burrow their way into your brain and not let go' Stylist. Its three sections, The House, The Child and The Past, focus on fears with particular resonance for women: unnatural children, lurking predators, inadequacy as a mother, and threats both. ![]() ![]() These dark tales explore women's fears with electrifying honesty and invention and speak to one another about female bodies, domestic claustrophobia, desire and violence. Couples wrestle with a lack of connection to their children a schoolgirl becomes obsessed with the female anatomical models in a museum and a cheery account of child's day out is undercut by chilling footnotes. Each story has a deeper meaning under its surface, the author addressing subjects such as love, loss, longing, relationships, parenthood, sexism, homophobia and abuse. Alone in a remote house in Iceland a woman is unnerved by her isolation another can only find respite from the clinging ghost that follows her by submerging herself in an overgrown pool. Things We Say in the Dark is a striking, dark, curious and unsettling collection of short stories that explore fear through a creative lens. A shocking collection of dark stories, ranging from chilling contemporary fairytales to disturbing supernatural fiction. 'You won't put it down' Sunday Telegraph. ![]()
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