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Never have I ever : stories / Isabel Yap.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Easthampton, MA : Small Beer Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: 297 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781618731821
  • 1618731823
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Intro -- Good girls -- A cup of salt tears -- Milagroso -- A spell for foolish hearts -- Have you heard the one about Anamaria Marquez? -- Syringe -- Asphalt, river, mother, child -- Hurricane heels (We go down dancing) -- Only unclench your hand -- How to swallow the moon -- All the best of dark and bright -- Misty -- A canticle for lost girls.
Summary: "Spells and stories, urban legends and immigrant tales: the magic in Isabel Yap's debut collection jumps right off the page, from the joy in her new novella, "A Spell for Foolish Hearts" to the terrifying tension of the urban legend "Have You Heard the One About Anamaria Marquez.""-- Provided by publisher.
List(s) this item appears in: Diverse Horror
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Science Fiction/Fantasy YAP, ISABEL Available 33111010501480
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Explore a world where the supernatural is an accepted element of everyday life and the horror is mined from the realities of existing." -- New York Public Library Best Books of the Year

World Fantasy Award finalist
British Fantasy Award finalist
Ladies of Horror Fiction Award winner
Crawford Award shortlist

"Am I dead?" Mebuyen sighs.
She was hoping the girl would not ask.

Spells and stories, urban legends and immigrant tales: the magic in Isabel Yap's debut collection jumps right off the page, from the friendship and fear building in "A Canticle for Lost Girls" to the joy in "A Spell for Foolish Hearts" to the terrifying tension of the urban legend "Have You Heard the One About Anamaria Marquez."

Intro -- Good girls -- A cup of salt tears -- Milagroso -- A spell for foolish hearts -- Have you heard the one about Anamaria Marquez? -- Syringe -- Asphalt, river, mother, child -- Hurricane heels (We go down dancing) -- Only unclench your hand -- How to swallow the moon -- All the best of dark and bright -- Misty -- A canticle for lost girls.

"Spells and stories, urban legends and immigrant tales: the magic in Isabel Yap's debut collection jumps right off the page, from the joy in her new novella, "A Spell for Foolish Hearts" to the terrifying tension of the urban legend "Have You Heard the One About Anamaria Marquez.""-- Provided by publisher.

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