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Monstrous Affections
2009
First Published
3.69
Average Rating
292
Number of Pages

A young bride and her future mother-in-law risk everything to escape it. A repentant father summons help from a pot of tar to ensure it. A starving woman learns from howling winds and a whispering host, just how fulfilling it can finally be. Can it be love? The Sloan Men • (1994) Janie and the Wind • (2002) Night of the Tar Baby • (1999) Other People's Kids The Mayor Will Make a Brief Statement and Then Take Questions The Pit-Heads • (1997) Slide Trombone The Inevitability of Earth • (2009) Swamp Witch and the Tea-Drinking Man • (2007) The Delilah Party • (2006) Fly in Your Eye Polyphemus' Cave • (2002) The Webley

Avg Rating
3.69
Number of Ratings
257
5 STARS
22%
4 STARS
38%
3 STARS
29%
2 STARS
9%
1 STARS
2%
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Author

David Nickle
David Nickle
Author · 11 books
David Nickle is the author of several novels and numerous short stories. His latest novel is VOLK: A Novel of Radiant Abomination. His novel Eutopia: A Novel of Terrible Optimism (to which VOLK is a sequel) was a finalist for the Aurora Award, the Sunburst Award and the Compton Crook Award. His story collection Monstrous Affections won the 2009 Black Quill Reader's Choice Award. He's a past winner of the Bram Stoker Award and Aurora Award. He lives and works in Toronto.
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