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The Merry Spinster
A Fantasy Short Story Collection by Daniel M Lavery
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Fairy Tale Retellings,
- Psychological Horror,
- Dark Fantasy,
- Short Story Collection,
- Feminist
This book is for you if you're into...
- Fairy tales reimagined with psychological horror and feminist bite
- Classic children's stories made unsettling and emotionally sharp
Empowering, subversive. . . . Daniel M. Lavery twists fairy tales into elegant garrotes. . . . There's not a single weak link in the cat's-breath chain of this collection.
Adapted from the beloved "Children's Stories Made Horrific" series, The Merry Spinster takes up the trademark wit that endeared Daniel M. Lavery to readers of both The Toast and the bestselling debut Texts from Jane Eyre.
Sinister and inviting, familiar and alien all at the same time, The Merry Spinster twists traditional children's stories and fairy tales with elements of psychological horror, emotional clarity, and a keen sense of feminist mischief.
Unfalteringly faithful to its beloved source material, The Merry Spinster also illuminates the unsuspected and frequently alarming emotional complexities at play in the stories we tell ourselves, and each other, as we tuck ourselves in for the night.
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