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Hardback 208 Pages
Published: 06/02/2025
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A deliciously dark collection of love stories to sink your teeth into, from the prizewinning author of NOW SHE IS WITCH

Can 'no' be a declaration of love? What happens when love is savage, dangerous and all-consuming? In this gorgeous and unsettling collection, women navigate the complexities and cruelties of desire across time and place, from a medieval convent to a Victorian parlour to a 1990s high school.

* An expectant mother feeds raw meat to the wasp's nest in her shed.
* A pair of sapphic lovers use ghost possession to fleece money from lecherous men.
* One woman in wartime London discovers that she loves her husband much more as a ghost.
* A teenage girl becomes infatuated with a bloodthirsty succubus.

Intensely atmospheric, surprising and darkly funny, this collection is a richly flavoured feast from a brilliant writer in full command of the form.

'Absolutely obsessed. Savage, strange and spicy' Lucy Rose, author of Lamb

'Unsettling and addictive, glistening with transgressive thrills and erotic appetites' Daily Mail

'Gleefully depraved, gloriously queer and thrillingly bold' Leon Craig, author of Parallel Hells

'A dark delight, steeped in blood red honey' Heather Parry, author of Orpheus Builds A Girl

'A gothic homage to the visceral, haunting, unnerving nature of human connection' Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller

'Full of strange beauty and shining humour' Stylist

'No one writes about the horrific and the erotic, and the tangled up intersections of both, like Kirsty Logan' Anna Bogutskaya, author of Feeding The Monster

'Darkly graceful, innovative, sexy and funny. Kirsty Logan is a jewel' Camilla Grudova, author of The Doll's Alphabet

'Crackling with smarts, marvellously formally varied, deliciously strange' Laird Hunt, author of Zorrie

KIRSTY LOGAN WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF BRITAIN'S TEN MOST OUTSTANDING LGBTQ WRITERS by Val McDermid for the International Literature Showcase in 2019

Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9781787304444
Number of pages: 208
Weight: 391 g
Dimensions: 241 x 160 x 18 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

Absolutely obsessed. Savage, strange and spicy... a fearsome and tart collection of short stories that will devour you whole - Lucy Rose, author of Lamb

In her inimitable style, Kirsty Logan powerfully explores both the power of refusal and the wild, sharp, unruly edges of women's desire... a dark delight, steeped in blood red honey - Heather Parry, author of Orpheus Builds A Girl

Exploring the dark underbelly of love in all its guises, Kirsty Logan’s words writhe on the page, a gothic homage to the visceral, haunting, unnerving nature of human connection. An unsettling collection from one of the sharpest, strangest short story writers working today - Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller

Shimmers with menace . . . Fans of Angela Carter and Shirley Jackson take note -  i Newspaper, on THINGS WE SAY IN THE DARK

One of our national writing treasures… deeply atmospheric... will hold you tight and not let go’ - Stylist, on NOW SHE IS WITCH

No one writes about the horrific and the erotic, and the tangled up intersections of both, like Kirsty Logan. This book will make you sweat - Anna Bogutskaya, author of Feeding The Monster

Mesmerising and evocative’ - Observer, on NOW SHE IS WITCH

Powerful, imaginative, compelling - myth-making at its best - Val McDermid, on NOW SHE IS WITCH

An impassioned reclaiming of female desire...absorbingly atmospheric - Daily Mail, on NOW SHE IS WITCH

Spooky, timeless, feminist, inventive, unsettling - Viv Groksop, on NOW SHE IS WITCH

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Oh this was nothing like I expected in the best way possible. It was weird and messed up and at the same time so engaging and intriguing. It is rare for me to read a short story collection where I don't dislike... More

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“Not for the conventionally-hearted”

Clit-Fic for weird girls and women who are not afraid to embrace their kink; blood-soaked stories, deviant, debauched, and downright delicious. 13 short stories encapsulated in 208 pages explore whether ‘no’ can be a... More

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The Secret Book Review

“Five stars!”

Kirsty Logan has done it again. No & Other Love Stories is a haunting, beautifully written collection that explores love in its most twisted, dangerous, and consuming forms. From medieval convents to wartime... More

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