Description

An utterly absorbing collection of depraved, delectable and enchanting short stories from the queen of weird girl fiction.

‘Absolutely obsessed. Savage, strange and spicy’ Lucy Rose, author of Lamb

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.

Intensely atmospheric, surprising and darkly funny, No & Other Stories is a richly flavoured feast that will leave you craving more.

‘Unsettling and addictive, glistening with transgressive thrills and erotic appetites’ Daily Mail

‘Gleefully depraved, gloriously queer and thrillingly bold’ Leon Craig, author of Parallel Hells

‘A dark delight, steeped in blood red honey’ Heather Parry, author of Orpheus Builds A Girl

‘A gothic homage to the visceral, haunting, unnerving nature of human connection’ Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller

‘Full of strange beauty and shining humour’ Stylist

‘No one writes about the horrific and the erotic, and the tangled up intersections of both, like Kirsty Logan’ Anna Bogutskaya, author of Feeding The Monster

‘Darkly graceful, innovative, sexy and funny. Kirsty Logan is a jewel’ Camilla Grudova, author of The Doll’s Alphabet

‘Crackling with smarts, marvellously formally varied, deliciously strange’ Laird Hunt, author of Zorrie

Publisher Review

Absolutely obsessed. Savage, strange and spicy... a fearsome and tart collection of short stories that will devour you whole * Lucy Rose, author of Lamb * In her inimitable style, Kirsty Logan powerfully explores both the power of refusal and the wild, sharp, unruly edges of women's desire... a dark delight, steeped in blood red honey * Heather Parry, author of Orpheus Builds A Girl * Exploring the dark underbelly of love in all its guises, Kirsty Logan's words writhe on the page, a gothic homage to the visceral, haunting, unnerving nature of human connection. An unsettling collection from one of the sharpest, strangest short story writers working today * Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller * Shimmers with menace . . . Fans of Angela Carter and Shirley Jackson take note * i Newspaper, on THINGS WE SAY IN THE DARK * One of our national writing treasures... deeply atmospheric... will hold you tight and not let go' * Stylist, on NOW SHE IS WITCH * No one writes about the horrific and the erotic, and the tangled up intersections of both, like Kirsty Logan. This book will make you sweat * Anna Bogutskaya, author of Feeding The Monster * Mesmerising and evocative' * Observer, 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 *