A whirlpool of darkness churns at the heart of a macabre ballet between two lonely young women in an internet chat room in the early 2000s-a darkness that threatens to forever transform them once they finally succumb to their most horrific desires.
A couple isolate themselves on a remote island in an attempt to recover from their teenage son's death, when a mysterious young man knocks on their door during a storm...
And a man confronts his neighbour when he discovers a strange object in his back yard, only to be drawn into an ever-more dangerous game.
From Bram Stoker Award finalist Eric LaRocca, this is devastating, beautifully written horror from one of the genre's most cutting-edge voices.
What have you done today to deserve your eyes?
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I was going to begin with some absurd comment about the irony of posting about an apple peeler in a queer discussion forum when most of us are probably upset by the mere mention of the word 'fruit'.THINGS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE SINCE WE LAST SPOKE
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(@TitanBooks, 6 September 2022, e-book, 288 pages, #ARC from the publisher via @ NetGalley)
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I loved the title story for this collection. It's a staggering piece of fiction. It starts off innocently enough with two lonely women finding each other online and developing a relationship. The relationship becomes intense and the story gets darker and darker. The last few pages were almost unbearable to read. This is a corker of a story. I enjoyed the other two stories as well though they weren't quite as good as the title piece. This is a writer to look out for.
