The sister of an abducted child is haunted by a sinister figure who may or may not be real. . .
Jack O’Dander
Horror || The sister of an abducted child is haunted by a sinister figure who may or may not be real. . .
Priya Sharma
Fiction and Excerpts [3]
Fabulous Beasts
Dark Fantasy, Horror || "Fabulous Beasts" by Priya Sharma is a horror novelette about a strange woman living in luxury with her lover, but irrevocably tied to her childhood of deprivation and dark secrets in northwest England. The woman recalls the unravelling of the family upon her uncle's release from prison.
Jack O’Dander
Fabulous Beasts
“Fabulous Beasts” by Priya Sharma is a horror novelette about a strange woman living in luxury with her lover, but irrevocably tied to her childhood of deprivation and dark secrets in northwest England. The woman recalls the unravelling of the family upon her uncle’s release from prison.
Please be warned that this story deals with difficult content and themes, including child abuse, incest, and rape.
Rag and Bone
“Rag and Bone,” by Priya Sharma, is about Tom, who buys unwanted household items and scavenges other materials (including bones) and resells them in an alternative 19th century Liverpool in which the wealthy use the poor for parts from the inside out, should they need them. Colorful, disturbing, and moving as Tom maneuvers warily between the masters he serves and the poor from whom he scavenges.
This short story was acquired for Tor.com by consulting editor Ellen Datlow.