Sharon Kernot

Lottie is fascinated with death. She collects birds, lizards, and other small dead animals she finds, trying to preserve them to hold onto the life they once had. Her aunt tries to put a stop to this worrying obsession, but her father can see a scientist’s mind at work, and he introduces her to the art of taxidermy. For Lottie,...

Maddy is mute. Since the Incident, she has barely spoken. Now, she and her mother and brother are staying in a farmhouse on an old apricot orchard not far from town. It’s a chance to rest and recuperate – or a way to hide further away from the world. Alice is waiting. Since Birdy, her darling daughter, disappeared forty-five years...

A psychological thriller in suspenseful verse that grapples with trauma, desire, jealousy, and twisted memory. Tell me about your dreams about your sleep about your nightmares. Tell me everything, he says as he leans towards me, his eyes resting on my thighs. January Clare Colson is longing for sleep, for release from the wakefulness that is consuming her, haunted by...