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salt slow


A Literary Fiction Short Story Collection


Subgenres:

  • Short Story Collection,
  • Feminist Horror,
  • Speculative Fiction
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • Body horror woven with feminist themes
  • Urban stories where reality slips into the surreal
  • Mythic transformations set in modern life
Publisher Description

In her electrifying debut, Julia Armfield explores women's experiences in contemporary society, mapped through their bodies.

As urban dwellers' sleeps become disassociated from them, like Peter Pan's shadow, a city turns insomniac.

A teenager entering puberty finds her body transforming in ways very different than her classmates'.

As a popular band gathers momentum, the fangirls following their tour turn into something monstrous.

After their parents remarry, two step-sisters, one a girl and one a wolf, develop a dangerously close bond.

And in an apocalyptic landscape, a pregnant woman begins to realize that the creature in her belly is not what she expected.

Blending elements of horror, science fiction, mythology, and feminism, salt slow is an utterly original collection of short stories that are sure to dazzle and shock, heralding the arrival of a daring new voice.

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