All the Hearts You Eat
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Publisher Description
A visceral and heartbreaking work of gothic horror about small town mysteries, local folklore and the things we leave behind when we're gone, from the Bram Stoker Award winning author of Queen of Teeth.
What really happened to Cabrina Brite?
Ivory’s life changes irrevocably when she discovers the body of Cabrina Brite on the sands of Cape Morning, along with a mysterious poem. How did she die, and why does it seem she was trying to swim to Ghost Cat Island, the center of so many local mysteries?
Desperate to uncover the answers surrounding Cabrina’s death, and haunted by her discovery, Ivory begins to see the pale ghost of Cabrina, only to shake it off as a mere hallucination. But Ivory is not alone. Cabrina’s closest friends have also seen a similar apparition, and as they toy with occult possibilities, they begin to unravel the truth behind Cabrina’s death.
Because Cape Morning isn’t a ghost town, but a town filled with ghosts, and Ivory is about to discover just what happens when you let one in.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bram Stoker Award winner Piper (Queen of Teeth) delivers a staggering tale of queer horror. While out for a morning swim along the coast of the small beach town of Cape Morning, Mass., trans woman Ivory Sloan discovers the dead body of Cabrina Brite, the trans daughter of a town councilmember. When Ivory starts seeing things shortly thereafter, she thinks it may be Cabrina's ghost, and begins an investigation into her death, which precipitates further paranormal activity around town and especially on nearby Ghost Cat Island. From the first line—"The sea wanted blood," a refrain that repeats throughout the story—Piper hits on an evocative combination of the picturesque and the gory, pulling back the curtain on the dark side of quaint Cape Morning. Supporting characters, especially Cabrina's friends Xi and Rex, also shine. Weaving classic horror elements into a powerful tale of trans solidarity and the life-sucking toll of being forced back into the closet, Piper cements her place in the queer horror canon.
