Move over, mermaid fans! Make room for Selkie fiction. K. Stephens's By the Dark 'O the Moon is a deliciously slow-burning tale of maternal fury, folklore, and the saltwater price of stolen things. This isn’t a love story. It’s a reckoning.

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Some love for Darrin Doyle's collection, which drops tomorrow!!

"...stories that depict, to different degrees, the dark, grotesque, strange, and/or weird aspects of a human, or supernatural, body in a way that delivers a punchy, shocking effect..."

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Nothing like kicking off the month with a banger and ending it with one too! Come check out what I read in September:

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Cool interview w/ Lisa Hasleton & Darrin Doyle about the 10th anniversary edition of his collection The Dark Will End the Dark

"While the short story itself has a tighter boundary than a novel, within a series of short stories the range is much wider."

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Are you between books and not sure what to read next? Looking for something that vibes best with fall? Let me get Darrin Doyle's collection The Dark Will End The Dark into your hands! The stories are dark and strange and sorted by body parts! (out 10/7)

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