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A Natural History of Hell: Stories
by Jeffrey Ford
$16.00
World Fantasy Award winner - Shirley Jackson Award winner
Emily Dickinson takes a carriage ride with Death. A couple are invited over to a neighbor's daughter's exorcism. A country witch with a sea-captain's head in a glass globe intercedes on behalf of abused and abandoned children. In July of 1915, in Hardin County, Ohio, a boy sees ghosts. Explore contemporary natural history in a baker's dozen of exhilarating visions.
Praise for Jeffrey Ford:
"Outstanding. . . . Ford uses . . . incongruously lyrical phrases to infuse the everyday with a nebulous magic."-- Publishers Weekly, Best Books of the Year (Starred Review)
"For lovers of the weird and fantastic and lovers of great writing, this is a treasure trove of disturbing visions, new worlds and fully realized craft."-- Shelf Awareness (Starred Review)
"Properly creepy, but from time to time deliciously funny and heart-breakingly poignant, too."-- Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)