{"product_id":"parallel-hells-paperback","title":"Parallel Hells - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeon Craig\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e, \u003cb\u003eIn this deliciously strange debut collection, Leon Craig draws on folklore and gothic horror in refreshingly inventive ways to explore queer identity, love, power and the complicated nature of being human.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome say that hell is other people and some say hell is loneliness . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the thirteen darkly audacious stories of \u003ci\u003eParallel Hells\u003c\/i\u003e we meet a golem, made of clay, learning that its powers far exceed its Creator's expectations; a ruined mansion which grants the secret wishes of a group of revellers and a notorious murderer who discovers her Viking husband is not what he seems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Asta is an ancient being who feasts on the shame of contemporary Londoners, who now, beyond anything, wishes only to fit in with a group of friends they will long outlive. An Oxford historian, in bitter competition with the rest of her faculty members, discovers an ancient tome whose sinister contents might solve her problems. Livia orchestrates a Satanic mass to distract herself from a recently remembered trauma and two lovers must resolve their differences in order to defy a lethal curse., \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeon Craig\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer from North London. She studied English at UCL, Medieval Literature at Oxford and Creative Writing at Birkbeck. Her writing has been published by the \u003ci\u003eWhite Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnother Gaze\u003c\/i\u003e and the\u003ci\u003e London Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. Leon is a member of the LGBTQ+ Writing Collective the Future is Back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 7.64 x 5.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 26, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695974780991,"sku":"9781529371444","price":21.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f9b263fcfa2c90854a354a5b5ff9b34a.webp?v=1765005750","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/parallel-hells-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}