Never have I ever : stories / Isabel Yap.
Material type: TextPublisher: Easthampton, MA : Small Beer Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: 297 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781618731821
- 1618731823
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | Science Fiction/Fantasy | YAP, ISABEL | Available | 33111010501480 |
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.