Slow Burn

"""These assembled short stories feature such spooky conventions as ghosts, a witch, and someone trying to bring a creature to life, but the prevailing theme of this book is body horror-grotesque depictions of torn or modified flesh and impossibly contorted bodies ... The author's gleefully vibrant prose animates these stories; this also holds true for the collection's free-verse poetry ... An assemblage of horror tales and somber verses that frighten and fascinate."" -Kirkus Reviews ""Nebula, Shirley Jackson, and World Fantasy Award finalist Allen (Aftermath of an Industrial Accident) presents a titillating collection of 14 horror stories and [13] poems. Throughout, Allen takes the idea of nothing being as it seems to supernatural extremes ... These slippery, surprising stories will appeal to horror fans seeking something fresh."" -Publishers Weekly ""This collection of short stories and poetry is a beautiful, dark, and thoroughly unsettling trip. I love the way Allen twists and skews the reality and the everyday, tucking shadows and terrors into the cracks of what we think is real."" -Maria Haskins, Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Short Fiction Roundup ""Each story in this collection presents a rich and lived-in world. Allen has created fascinating monsters that are unlike others I've seen in Weird or cosmic horror ... If you can handle some truly gruesome body horror, this book will reward you with beautiful writing about awful things."" -Altars of Ink"