Figurehead

Figurehead
Carly Holmes
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 292pg
7 Mar 2022 UK
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9781914595059
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Ranging from flash fiction to novelette, these stories are inturn chilling, playful, and melancholy. The bonds of familyand of community, both in their fracturing and their healingstates, the uneasy relationship between living in the presentand yearning for the past, are themes that thread their waythrough Figurehead. Every tale is rich with landscapeshaunted by loss and longing. In this debut collection of stories Carly Holmes peers intoevery corner of the strange fiction genre: from rural gothicthrough to traditional ghost stories and the uncanny. Mothersturn into trees when the sun goes down; Russian Dollsmourn their missing sisters in rotting houses; men offersacrifices to the monsters who embody their inner wildness;and murderous demons protect young girls' virginity.
"This truly is quality literature of our modern times" - The British Fantasy Society; "(An) impressive first collection . . . skilfully orchestrated" - Publisher' s Weekly "starred" review; "Carly Holmes is one of the most gifted writers I' ve come across in recent years" - The Supernatural Tales Blog; "This is a superb book by a writer to watch. " - Katherine Stansfield; "These stories are extraordinary. " - Tyler Keevil; "To read Carly Holmes is to be enchanted. Luscious, flowing prose that is never afraid to peer into the wild. " - Angela Readman
Carly Holmes lives and writeson the banks of the river Teifi inwest Wales. Her debut novel, TheScrapbook, was shortlisted for theInternational Rubery Book Award,and her prize-winning short prose hasappeared in journals and anthologiessuch as Ambit, The Ghastling andBlack Static. Carly is an editor andpublishing manager with ParthianBooks.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781914595059
Published: 7 Mar 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Parthian Books
Publisher: Parthian Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 292

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