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From a hungry young woman who is not what she seems, to a boy who has taken his mother's advice a little too seriously; from disfigured girls willing to pay any price to fit in, to an immigrant who cannot escape his tormentor in his new home country; from a new home with a sinister secret, to the discovery that a long-dead parent’s corpse is perfectly preserved decades later; this collection plumbs the depths of the psyche and dredges up some very modern horrors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eREADERS ARE OBSESSED\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Stunning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Well-plotted and horrifying\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Visceral, creepy, gory… stays in your head long after reading them\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'It's so satisfying to turn to the next story in an anthology like this and be pretty confident it's going to be a banger… bravo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Spine-tingling… I was gripped and it kept me up at night as I just wanted to read one more story 'Often unusual, always unique… a wildly eclectic cornucopia of horror'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":57685725184373,"sku":"9780008697396","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":56221952016757,"sku":"9780008697358","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780008697396.jpg?v=1792598890"},{"product_id":"9781423667445","title":"Wild Moon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lyrical picture book featuring the eight lunar phases of the moon and how they affect wildlife on Earth told from the perspective of the moon.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of Earth's most extraordinary creatures have fascinating connections to our elegant and mysterious friend, the Moon. 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