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The Salt Grows Heavy
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A sensuous and strange horror novella full of creeping dread and delicious gore, The Salt Grows Heavy twists mermaid myths into something sharp, dangerous, and hungry. It is perfect for fans of Christina Henry, Carmen Maria Machado, and Eric LaRocca. Myths are full of lies. This...
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A sensuous and strange horror novella full of creeping dread and delicious gore, The Salt Grows Heavy twists mermaid myths into something sharp, dangerous, and hungry. It is perfect for fans of Christina Henry, Carmen Maria Machado, and Eric LaRocca.
Myths are full of lies.
This is not one of them.
Fleeing the downfall of an empire, a mermaid and her plague doctor companion escape into the eerie shadows of a wintry forest.
Amongst the bark and snow, they are drawn into ancient games for ageless children—a murderous hunt of blood and sacrifice—deep in the woods, where three who call themselves 'saints' rule over them all like gods.
Trapped in a feverish nightmare of masked monsters, stitches and surgeons, and needle teeth, the mermaid must embrace all of her cruelty and hungers to free the children.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781835413517
Publisher: Titan Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 03 December 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Titan Books Ltd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 128
About the Author
Cassandra Khaw is an award-winning game writer and former scriptwriter at Ubisoft Montreal. Khaw's work can be found in places like The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Lightspeed, and Tor.com. Khaw's first original novella, Hammers on Bone, was a British Fantasy Award and Locus Award finalist, and their latest novella, Nothing But Blackened Teeth, was a USA Today bestseller, Bram Stoker Award nominee, and Indie Next Pick.
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