Sister, Maiden, Monster
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3.9 • 10 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
“Absolutely recommended for readers of the cosmic and gloriously horrific.” ―Seanan McGuire, New York TImes bestselling author
Sister, Maiden, Monster is a visceral story set in the aftermath of our planet’s disastrous transformation and told through the eyes of three women trying to survive the nightmare, from Bram Stoker Award-winning author Lucy A. Snyder.
A virus tears across the globe, transforming its victims in nightmarish ways. As the world collapses, dark forces pull a small group of women together.
Erin, once quiet and closeted, acquires an appetite for a woman and her brain. Why does forbidden fruit taste so good?
Savannah, a professional BDSM switch, discovers a new turn-on: committing brutal murders for her eldritch masters.
Mareva, plagued with chronic tumors, is too horrified to acknowledge her divine role in the coming apocalypse, and as her growths multiply, so too does her desperation.
Inspired by her Bram Stoker Award-winning story “Magdala Amygdala,” Lucy A. Snyder delivers a cosmic tale about the planet’s disastrous transformation ... and what we become after.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bram Stoker Award winner Snyder (Exposed Nerves) infuses chills and eroticism into this gothic near-future tale of viruses, gore, and the emergence of ancient Lovecraftian gods. A new pandemic rages: the debilitating polymorphic viral gastroencephalitis, or PVG. After computer support tech Erin Holdaway contracts PVG, she endures a degrading hospital treatment involving consuming cow brains—and it leaves her with an insatiable craving. After she's discharged, she develops a tumor on her tongue that sprouts teeth and urges her to take violent action to fulfill her desire for human brains. In a delusional haze during one such feeding, Erin hears an eldritch intelligence declaring her the chosen one and that it's her job to eat the brains of the human race and devour their memories: "We will use the blood of this world to write dark, beautiful poetry across the walls of the universe." Also drawn into this sinister plan are Erin's coworker Mareva, who suffers from multiple tumors; Savannah, a sex worker specializing in BDSM; and Erin's ex-fiancé, Gregory, who calls himself an Archivist for the elder gods. Snyder's bold and succinct descriptions create a visceral aura of terror and desperation. Readers will feel dread as they're pulled along on this thrilling ride.
