{"product_id":"9781529371741-parallel-hells","title":"Parallel Hells","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of Daisy Johnson and Kirsty Logan, a gothic short story collection for winter nights from an emerging voice in British literary fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Trust me: you want to read this. It's the queer horror book of your dreams' Kirsty Logan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The short, twisted tales collected in Leon Craig's \u003ci\u003eParallel Hells\u003c\/i\u003e have a laconic elegance that's both chilling and pleasurable' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this deliciously strange debut collection, Leon Craig draws on folklore and gothic horror in refreshingly inventive ways to explore queer identity, love, power and the complicated nature of being human.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the thirteen darkly audacious stories of \u003ci\u003eParallel   Hells\u003c\/i\u003e we meet a golem, made of clay, learning that its powers far exceed   its Creator's expectations; a ruined mansion which grants the secret wishes   of a group of revellers and a notorious murderer who discovers her Viking   husband is not what he seems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAsta   is an ancient being who feasts on the shame of contemporary Londoners, who   now, beyond anything, wishes only to fit in with a group of friends they will   long outlive. An Oxford historian, in bitter competition with the rest of her   faculty members, discovers an ancient tome whose sinister contents might   solve her problems. Livia orchestrates a Satanic mass to distract herself   from a recently remembered trauma and two lovers must resolve their   differences in order to defy a lethal curse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A glorious collection of short stories that reads as if Edgar Allan Poe and Shirley Jackson had a little queer baby' \u003ci\u003eBig Issue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eImpressive. Read \u003ci\u003eParallel Hells\u003c\/i\u003e for a different take on vampires, demons and monsters you never knew existed. Craig's worlds appear effortless' \u003ci\u003eMslexia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55563261575542,"sku":"9781529371741","price":12.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_33979727.jpg?v=1753427476","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529371741-parallel-hells","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}