3.5
The Worm in Every Heart
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As two-time Bram Stoker Award winner Paula Guran said in
, "Nobody in a Gemma Files story puts a hand on a doorknob and opens the door they shouldn't—these folks are already in the other side." The inhabitants of the stories in
include gods and madmen, arsonists and ancient vampires, monsters and mothers who don't know how to love. No matter where they live—Warsaw during World War II, British India, or modern-day Toronto—their realities are not our own, but ones in which we'll willingly immerse ourselves for a terrifying moment or two . . .
"One of the genre's most original and innovative voices." —
"What makes
so riveting isn't its ideas or imagery, as richly atmospheric and detailed as they are. It's the author's voice. Colorful, powerful, and charismatic, her characters are rendered in bold strokes and poignant nuances." —NPR.org
"The recent republication of Gemma Files's first two collections of short fiction,
and
, was a reminder of how long and how well she has been writing." —
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Lex
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“This is the author's 2nd collection, and 2nd larger scale publication. It contains 2 stories I really, really like ("Nigredo," and "The Emperor's Old Bones") which remain among the harder-hitting things I've read. Particularly the 2nd one, but the first is no slouch. There are also A LOT of sexual/gore tropes scattered freely throughout, many from a female or feminine perspective, if that's what you're looking for. Overall, this batch of stories leans more on Files' familiarity with mythology than the first one did, and a little less on the urban noir mood. But there's nothing compromised about the tone or the themes. This lady does not really do cheerful or upbeat. But she's a very good writer and an interesting thinker, and some of her stories are too good to forget. Unfortunately.”
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“This was very good”
About Gemma Files
Gemma Files, a former film critic, journalist, screenwriter, and teacher, has been an award-winning horror author since 1999. She has published two collections of short work; two chapbooks of speculative poetry; the “weird western” Hexslinger Series; a story-cycle; and the standalone novel
, which won the 2016 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel and the 2016 Sunburst Award for Best Adult Novel. Files also has several story collections and a collection of poetry forthcoming.
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