Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    Gifts for the One Who Comes After
    Unavailable
    Gifts for the One Who Comes After
    Unavailable
    Gifts for the One Who Comes After
    Ebook391 pages

    Gifts for the One Who Comes After

    By Helen Marshall and Ann VanderMeer

    4.5/5

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this ebook

    WINNER OF THE 2015 WORLD FANTASY AWARD!
    WINNER OF THE 2014 SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD!
    SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2014 BRAM STOKER AWARD!
    SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 BRITISH FANTASY AWARD!
    LONGLISTED FOR THE 2015 EDGE HILL SHORT STORY PRIZE!

    Ghost thumbs. Microscopic dogs. One very sad can of tomato soup . . . Helen Marshall’s second collection offers a series of twisted surrealities that explore the legacies we pass on to our children. A son seeks to reconnect with his father through a telescope that sees into the past. A young girl discovers what lies on the other side of her mother’s bellybutton. Death’s wife prepares for a very special funeral. In Gifts for the One Who Comes After, Marshall delivers eighteen tales of love and loss that cement her as a powerful voice in dark fantasy and the New Weird. Dazzling, disturbing, and deeply moving.

    Praise for Gifts for the One Who Comes After

    “Helen Marshall whispers in your ear when she fits the noose around your neck, filling you with wonder and dread, urging you into a startling, beautiful darkness. These stories—which sometimes feel more like spells—are the very best kind of unsettling.”

    —Benjamin Percy, author of Red Moon, The Wilding, Refresh, Refresh and The Language of Elk

    “Helen Marshall is a writer who creates real people in real situations, then uses the fantastic to pry her way inside her readers’ ribcages and break us wide open.”

    —Neil Gaiman, international bestselling author of The Ocean at the End of the Lane

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChiZine Publications
    Release dateSep 16, 2014
    ISBN9781771483032
    Unavailable
    Gifts for the One Who Comes After

    Read more from Helen Marshall

    Related to Gifts for the One Who Comes After

    Fantasy For You

    View More
    View More

    Reviews for Gifts for the One Who Comes After

    4.5/5

    9 ratings2 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 5/5
      Disturbing. Creepy. Haunting.The stories in this collection purport to explore the human condition by juxtaposing supernatural elements with ordinary interactions. Marshall succeeds in weaving compelling tales that frequently leave the reader breathless, wondering what just happened and what it means on a larger scale.Reading this was not always enjoyable, but it was fascinating, particularly the tale which relates to the cover image, a dead kitten with fish scales. If you like to be weirded out, but not in a cheesy way (the call was coming from inside the house!), this book is for you. I'm interested enough to check out more work by this author.*I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review from the publisher and NetGalley*
    • 4/5
      Surreal and bizarre, these short stories plumb the depths of loss, family, and relationships. Favorites include: "The Hanging Game", "The Santa Claus Parade", and "We Ruin the Sky".