Urban Creatures

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In Urban Creatures, Sarah Gray's short stories shift from the unsettling to the surreal to the frightening, all cut through with her characteristic black humour. Urban survival makes creatures of us all.

Urban Creatures skirts the edge of reality, dexterously defying form and genre. Primal urges feed on the city, stalking its inhabitants. From a psychotherapist gorging on tragedy, to a predatory hair thief, and a grief-stricken fathers search for his lost daughter, humanitys subterranean secrets and shames are unearthed.Urban survival makes creatures of us all. Sarah Gray's short stories shift from the unsettling to the surreal to the frightening, all cut through with her characteristic black humour.

'Sarah writes beautifully and he sense of foreboding and unease is brilliantly conveyed. It echoes Mary Shelly or Edgar Allen Poe.' Clare Balding, award-winning broadcaster, journalist. and author

'Brilliant on so many levels. It can't fail to engage you!' Helena Frith Powell, international bestselling author

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Sarah writes beautifully and he sense of foreboding and unease is brilliantly conveyed. It echoes Mary Shelly or Edgar Allen Poe. Clare Balding, award-winning broadcaster, journalist. and author
Brilliant on so many levels. It can't fail to engage you! Helena Frith Powell, international bestselling author
UrbanCreaturescontains finely wrought explorations ofurbandread. Gods of Anxiety produce panic attacks while vampires work as palliative care therapists. The stories are all therapy, of a sort, with death a constant lingering presence. Comforting, in a way; the kind of private, personal work that looks right into your soul. Beautifully written and beautifully illustrated,UrbanCreaturestakes you to dark places while reassuring you that youre not alone. Zack Davisson, author of Kaibyo: The Supernatural Cats of Japan & Yurei: The Japanese Ghost

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Sarah Gray has been storytelling all of her professional life. As a writer and filmmaker she is delighted by what she fears and loves to explore the darkly comic side of the human psyche. In a scary and illogical world there is plenty to allow her imagination free reign. Stories enable us to face the worst that can happen and then get back to everyday life, pretending the terrible stuff only happens to other people. In October 2015, Sarahs fears were realized when she was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease. Since then she has been learning how to adapt to chronic disability and adjusting to the horror of a terminal illness.