Igraine I O Gray

Gebundenes Buch

My Demon is a Darling

Beschreibung

My Demon is a Darling is a literary horror novel with romance elements, containing a puzzle to solve! What if the house in your favourite gothic novel, existed today... Two wanderers are inexplicably drawn to a seaside village's notoriously unsettling residence: Vivienne, a fragile young woman in the grip of one final fatal desire, and John, a troubled former detective all but defeated in the face of inconsolable grief. At first, their horrifying encounter seems destined to be a simple distraction from their bigger woes. But the power in the house is seeping into them - and they must choose whether they are to fight it or be consumed by it. In a gripping tale of self-discovery and recovery, My Demon is a Darling brings a captivating twist to classic gothic horror with exceptional, flawed characters... showing there is light in the darkest of things. If you love character driven horror like The Haunting of Hill House and stories about "big feelings" like Wuthering Heights, then you'll love My Demon is a Darling-buy the beautiful first edition today! This is an allegorical standalone story that references difficult topics such as grief, suicide and sexual assault. Please read with care.

Autor

Igraine Gray was born 22nd November 1993 in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire whilst her parents were away from their East End home.Gray subsequently grew up on the Cranbrook Estate in Bethnal Green, East London alongside her three half-siblings. On the passing of both her paternal grandparents, and the loss of their Vallance Road home as an escape, she eventually ran away from home on her 16th birthday - starting a period of severe homelessness that would last the best part of a decade.Gray was a rough sleeper from 22nd November 2009 until 7th June 2018 bar a handful of stays in temporary accommodation. It was during this time that writing became her joy, as she sought refuge from her everyday life.She found stable housing in Middlesbrough before moving permanently to East Cleveland, North Yorkshire using the modest payment from her first poetry collection, Streetside.Since then she has written a number of well-received works, including the short story Hunger and various articles about homelessness, with My Demon is a Darling being her debut novel.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Unconventional Heretics Press
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 565g
• ISBN-13: 9781739089702
• ISBN-10: 1739089707
• Artikelnr.: 71663393