Lessons in Demoralization - Leigh, Nikki R.; Press, Darklit
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To make, to break, to transform. These three lessons are at the heart of each of the stories in Nikki R. Leigh's Lessons in Demoralization. Framed loosely by the notion that we learn what to do, and especially what not to do by the stories told around us, this collection presents twenty-two horror stories that run the gamut of dark, emotional horror, and light-hearted, sometimes comedic horror. A woman's strength is put to the test to save her wife when an evil stranger uses her in a diabolical plot. A woman processes the grief of her long-dead brother through a monstrous encounter with her…mehr

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To make, to break, to transform. These three lessons are at the heart of each of the stories in Nikki R. Leigh's Lessons in Demoralization. Framed loosely by the notion that we learn what to do, and especially what not to do by the stories told around us, this collection presents twenty-two horror stories that run the gamut of dark, emotional horror, and light-hearted, sometimes comedic horror. A woman's strength is put to the test to save her wife when an evil stranger uses her in a diabolical plot. A woman processes the grief of her long-dead brother through a monstrous encounter with her childhood stuffed animal. Learn the difficulties of cultivating a long-term relationship explored through caring for a carnivorous plant. See how Dr. Jekyll runs a syndicated children's science show by day, while concocting terrible experiments at night. Watch as weredogs living together in an apartment complex find their match in the neighborhood busybody. Witness twins test their bravery when faced with a void to another dimension that festers in their room. These are just some of the lessons that will be taught in this collection. Follow the narratives of diverse characters experiencing the worst days of their lives in Lessons in Demoralization.
Autorenporträt
Nikki R. Leigh is a queer, forever-90s-kid wallowing in all things horror. When not writing horror fiction and poetry, she can be found creating custom horror-inspired toys, making comics, and hunting vintage paperbacks. She reads her stories to her partner and her cat, one of which gets scared very easily.She has stories published in Dark Matter Magazine, Ghost Orchid Press's Hundred Word Horror anthologies The Deep and Rock Band, Blood Rites Horror's Welcome to the Funhouse and Pulp Harvest, Dread Stone Press' Field Notes from a Nightmare, Ghost Orchid Press' Chlorophobia and Crystal Lake Publishing's Shallow Waters: Vol. 8, among other publications. Upcoming publications include poetry in Under Her Skin, and stories in The Book of Queer Saints, Cemetery Gate's A Woman Built By Man, Eerie River's It Calls From the Veil and Monsters & Mayhem, and Dead Sea Press' Terror in the Trench, among others.