Gifts For The One Who Comes After eBook

WINNER OF THE 2015 WORLD FANTASY AWARD!
WINNER OF THE 2014 SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD!
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2014 BRAM STOKER AWARD!
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 BRITISH FANTASY AWARD!
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2015 EDGE HILL SHORT STORY PRIZE!

Ghost thumbs. Microscopic dogs. One very sad can of tomato soup . . . Helen Marshalls second collection offers a series of twisted surrealities that explore the legacies we pass on to our children. A son seeks to reconnect with his father through a telescope that sees into the past. A young girl discovers what lies on the other side of her mothers bellybutton. Deaths wife prepares for a very special funeral. InGifts for the One Who Comes After, Marshall delivers eighteen tales of love and loss that cement her as a powerful voice in dark fantasy and the New Weird. Dazzling, disturbing, and deeply moving.

Praise forGifts for the One Who Comes After

Helen Marshall whispers in your ear when she fits the noose around your neck, filling you with wonder and dread, urging you into a startling, beautiful darkness. These storieswhich sometimes feel more like spellsare the very best kind of unsettling.

Benjamin Percy, author ofRed Moon,The Wilding,Refresh, Refresh andThe Language of Elk

Helen Marshall is a writer who creates real people in real situations, then uses the fantastic to pry her way inside her readers ribcages and break us wide open.

Neil Gaiman, international bestselling author ofThe Ocean at the End of the Lane