![]() "Kirsty’s formal invention means every story has something completely distinct and memorable about it but they also cohere brilliantly as a collection, with the pieces speaking to one another about female experience, domestic claustrophobia, desire, family ties and male aggression," she expanded. The collection will span contemporary fairy tales, ghost stories and dark and visceral stories, featuring shark babies, vengeful relatives, an abandoned theme park, kelpies and malevolent strangers.įoley said she was "thrilled" to be publishing the collection, promising it packs "an extraordinary punch". ![]() Things We Say in the Dark is described as an "exhilarating and powerful" collection of dark, feminist tales that centre around women’s fears - among them fear of domesticity, fear of childbearing, and fear of inescapable violence. Liz Foley, publishing director at Vintage imprint Harvill Secker, acquired world rights to the collection, Things We Say in the Dark, from Cathryn Summerhayes at Curtis Brown. ![]() ![]() ![]() Harvill Secker is publishing a collection of feminist, literary horror stories from Scottish writer Kirsty Logan next October. ![]()
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