Black Sheep

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A cynical twentysomething must confront her unconventional family's dark secrets in this fiery, irreverent horror novel from the author of Such Sharp Teeth and Cackle. Nobody has a "normal" family, but Vesper Wright's is truly...something else. Vesper left home at eighteen and never looked back-mostly because she was told that leaving the staunchly religious community she grew up in meant she couldn't return. But then an envelope arrives on her doorstep. Inside is an invitation to the wedding of Vesper's beloved cousin Rosie. It's to be hosted at the family farm. Have they made an exception to the rule It wouldn't be the first time Vesper's been given special treatment. Is the invite a sweet gesture An olive branch A trap Doesn't matter. Something inside her insists she go to the wedding. Even if it means returning to the toxic environment she escaped. Even if it means reuniting with her mother, Constance, a former horror film star and forever ice queen. When Vesper's homecoming exhumes a terrifyingsecret, she's forced to reckon with her family's beliefs andher owncrisis of faith in this deliciously sinister novel that explores the way family ties can bind us as we struggle to find our place in the world.

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"Think The Princess Diaries meets Dante's Inferno. That's Black Sheep. Only Rachel Harrison could write something with such fiery playfulness and such stunningacerbic wit. Undoubtedly the most enjoyable and compelling horror novel you'll read this year."
-Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke

Rachel Harrison has quickly secured her place as one of my favorite modern horror writers. Black Sheep is a devilish good time made all the more compelling with an exploration of the complexities of family dynamics. Compulsively readable, Harrisons newest novel is a battle cry for every outcast daughter who has questioned her place among family and weighed the damage of going home again.
-Kristi DeMeester, author of Such a Pretty Smile

No other contemporary author harnesses the humanityfound in horror quite like Rachel Harrison.With Black Sheep, she warms yourheart, then breaks it, then rips it out.
-Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Ghost Eaters

"Once again, Rachel Harrison finds light in the darkness and darkness in the lightBlack Sheep sits proudly among her family of contemporary horror classics."
-Nat Cassidy, author of Mary: An Awakening of Terror and Nestlings

Author Bio

Rachel Harrison is the national bestselling author of Such Sharp Teeth, Cackle, and The Return, which was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. Her short fiction has appeared in Guernica, in Electric Literatures Recommended Reading, as an Audible Original, and in her debut collection, Bad Dolls. She lives in western New York with her husband and their cat/overlord.