{"product_id":"les-femmes-grotesques-paperback","title":"Les Femmes Grotesques - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVictoria Dalpe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn each of these stories, the reader is lured into a sinister shadow space, one both familiar and uncanny.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLife is strange, beautiful, and terrible in the world of Victoria Dalpe's debut short story collection. Her characters run the gamut from nosy neighbors to boomtown prostitutes, sentient moss to ghouls with a taste for artist's flesh. The stories contain chance encounters with truck stop mystics, haunted reality show renovations, and cat people roaming the western plains. In Dalpe's writing, horror mixes with humor, and the ordinary with the macabre. \u003ci\u003eLes Femmes Grotesques\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique and lush reading experience. Tragic and transformative--an unabashed exploration of the dark feminine.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eVictoria Dalpe is an artist and writer based out of Providence, RI.\u003c\/p\u003eHer dark short fiction has appeared in over thirty anthologies and her first novel, \u003ci\u003eParasite Life\u003c\/i\u003e came out in 2018 through ChiZIne Publications and will be re-released in 2023 through Nightscape Press. She is a member of the HWA and the New England Horror Writers. Her short story collection \u003ci\u003eLes Femmes Grotesques\u003c\/i\u003e will be out in fall 2022 with CLASH Books. Victoria also co-edited the Necronomicon 2019 Memento Book with Justin Steele. \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 274\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766210167072,"sku":"9781955904230","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4a28835ed4a479d303552b8d3a04e2a0.webp?v=1780287496","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/les-femmes-grotesques-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}