No & Other Love Stories

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The perfect anti-Valentine- a deliciously dark collection of love stories, from a prizewinning LGBTQI+ writer who has been compared to Angela Carter. A deliciously dark collection of love stories to sink your teeth into, from the prizewinning author of NOW SHE IS WITCH Can 'no' be a declaration of love What happens when love is savage, dangerous and all-consuming In this gorgeous and unsettling collection, women navigate the complexities and cruelties of desire across time and place, from a medieval convent to a Victorian parlour to a 1990s high school. * An expectant mother feeds raw meat to the wasp's nest in her shed. * A pair of sapphic lovers use ghost possession to fleece money from lecherous men. * One woman in wartime London discovers that she loves her husband much more as a ghost. * A teenage girl becomes infatuated with a bloodthirsty succubus. Intensely atmospheric, surprising and darkly funny, this collection is a richly flavoured feast from a brilliant writer in full command of the form. PRAISE FOR KIRSTY LOGAN- 'A brilliant collection of stories . . . All will burrow their way into your brain and not let go' Stylist 'Shimmers with menace . . . Fans of Angela Carter and Shirley Jackson take note' i Newspaper KIRSTY LOGAN WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF BRITAIN'S TEN MOST OUTSTANDING LGBTQ WRITERS by Val McDermid for the International Literature Showcase in 2019

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Mesmerising and evocative * Observer, on NOW SHE IS WITCH *
One of our national writing treasures deeply atmospheric... will hold you tight and not let go * Stylist, on NOW SHE IS WITCH *
Powerful, imaginative, compelling - myth-making at its best * Val McDermid, on NOW SHE IS WITCH *
An impassioned reclaiming of female desire...absorbingly atmospheric * Daily Mail, on NOW SHE IS WITCH *
Spooky, timeless, feminist, inventive, unsettling * Viv Groksop, on NOW SHE IS WITCH *

Author Bio

Kirsty Logan is the author of three novels, three story collections, a memoir, two chapbooks, a 10-hour audio play for Audible, and several collaborative projects with musicians and visual artists. Her books have won the Lambda, Polari, Saboteur, Scott and Gavin Wallace awards. Her work has been optioned for TV, adapted for stage, recorded for radio and podcasts, exhibited in galleries and distributed from a vintage Wurlitzer cigarette machine. She lives in Glasgow with her wife, baby and rescue dog. @kirstylogan www.kirstylogan.com