Hair Side, Flesh Side

by Helen Marshall

Overview

Winner of the British Fantasy Award

"Fans of experimental fiction and exceptional writing should find a wealth of enjoyment here." -- Library Journal

A child receives the body of Saint Lucia of Syracuse for her seventh birthday. A rebelling angel rewrites the Book of Judgement to protect the woman he loves. A young woman discovers the lost manuscript of Jane Austen written on the inside of her skin. A 747 populated by a dying pantheon makes the extraordinary journey to the beginning of the universe.

Lyrical and tender, quirky and cutting. Helen Marshall's exceptional debut collection weaves the fantastic and the horrific alongside the touchingly human in fifteen modern parables about history, memory and the cost of creating art.

"Masterful horror. In Marshall's dark landscapes, the metaphors are feral and they'll turn on you in a heartbeat." --M.R. Carey

"Stories subtle and unsettling: Helen Marshall clothes the uncanny in new flesh and then makes it bleed." --Kelly Link, World Fantasy Award-winning author of Pretty Monsters

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162796411
Publisher:	Flying Shark Books
Publication date:	09/18/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Dr Helen Marshall is a Senior Lecturer of Creative Writing at the University of Queensland. She has won the World Fantasy Award, the British Fantasy Award and the Shirley Jackson Award for her two collections of short stories. Her debut novel The Migration released last year argued for the need to remain hopeful, even in the worst circumstances. It was one of The Guardian’s top science fiction books of the year and was recently optioned by Clerkenwell Films.

Editorial Reviews

Sometimes a book comes along that is so original, so vibrantly alive, so beautifully imagined and so much a law unto itself that the only comment or advice a reviewer can offer is to say: go read it. Hair Side, Flesh Side is one such book, and having experienced it I am left with a genuine sense of excitement, thinking about where Helen Marshall might take us next.

Strange Horizons - Nina Allan