{"product_id":"things-we-say-in-the-dark-paperback","title":"Things We Say in the Dark - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKirsty Logan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA shocking collection of dark stories, ranging from chilling contemporary fairytales to disturbing supernatural fiction, by a talented writer who has been compared to Angela Carter.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSo here we go, into the dark.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome things can't be spoken about in the light of day. But we can visit our fears at night, in the dark. We can turn them over and weigh them in our hands and maybe that will protect us from them. But maybe not. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe characters in this collection find their aspirations for happy homes, happy families and happy memories dissected and imbued with shimmering menace. Alone in a remote house in Iceland a woman is unnerved by her isolation; another can only find respite from the clinging ghost that follows her by submerging herself in an overgrown pool. Couples wrestle with a lack of connection to their children; a schoolgirl becomes obsessed with the female anatomical models in a museum; and a cheery account of child's day out is undercut by chilling footnotes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese dark tales explore women's fears with electrifying honesty and invention and speak to one another about female bodies, domestic claustrophobia, desire and violence. From a talented writer who has been compared to Angela Carter, \u003ci\u003eThings We Say in the Dark \u003c\/i\u003eis a powerful contemporary collection of feminist stories, ranging from vicious fairy tales to disturbing horror and tender ghost stories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKIRSTY LOGAN WAS SELECTED AS \u003cb\u003eONE OF BRITAIN'S TEN MOST OUTSTANDING LGBTQ WRITERS\u003c\/b\u003e by Val McDermid for the International Literature Showcase in 2019\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirsty Logan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Gracekeepers \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Gloaming\u003c\/i\u003e, the short story collections \u003ci\u003eA Portable Shelter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Rental Heart \u0026amp; Other Fairytales\u003c\/i\u003e, the flash fiction chapbook \u003ci\u003eThe Psychology of Animals Swallowed Alive\u003c\/i\u003e, and the short memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Old Asylum in the Woods at the Edge of the Town Where I Grew Up\u003c\/i\u003e. Her books have won the LAMBDA Literary Award, the Polari First Book Prize, the Saboteur Award, the Scott Prize and the Gavin Wallace Fellowship, and been selected for the Radio 2 Book Club and the Waterstones Book Club. In 2019 she was selected as one of the ten most outstanding LGBTQ British writers for the International Literature Showcase. Her short fiction and poetry has been translated into Japanese and Spanish, recorded for radio and podcasts, exhibited in galleries and distributed from a vintage Wurlitzer cigarette machine. She lives in Glasgow with her wife and their rescue dog.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 24, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47395923689650,"sku":"9781529111286","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/142f4b1cd01fddfceffc07feb6a38745.webp?v=1777995489","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/things-we-say-in-the-dark-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}