Description
Thin Places is a gothic and atmospheric collection by Kay Chronister.
A not-quite-human proprietor menaces guests at a hotel on the edge of a swamp. A composer visits a remote Slavic village where villagers perform soundless songs that accompany violent sacrifices. Four reclusive women conjure children out of unconventional materials in an unnerving mansion. The arrival of a lighthouse-keeper’s daughter portends disaster for an insular island community with bizarre traditions.
With transcendent prose that celebrates her hypnotic and humane vision of the strange and supernatural, Kay Chronister weaves a dark tapestry of love, grief, death, and the exquisite pain and joy of life on the periphery of the familiar. The fifteen stories collected here chronicle the lives of powerful women and children, wicked witches and demons, cursed artists and overlooked communities.
Ideally suited for readers of Shirley Jackson and Carmen Maria Machado.
Endorsements
Finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award.