Skin Thief

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"Pure goth." --Leigh Harlen, author of Queens of Noise and Blood Like GarnetsThe stories in this collection of dark fantasy and horror short stories grapple with the complexities o f identity, racism, homophobia, immigration, oppression and patriarchy through nature, gothic hauntings, Trinidadian folklore and shape shifting. At the heart of the collection lie the questions: how do we learn to accept ourselves? How do we live in our own skin?Includes the stories: "The Pull of the Herd" "Personal Rakshasi" "Her Voice, Unmasked" "Of Claw and Bone" "Propagating Peonies" "Kill Jar" (original novelette) "Tessellated" "Laughter Among the Trees" "Apolepisi: A De-Scaling" "Tara's Mother's Skin" "The Bride" "Douen" Show more