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Violence
Very heavy
Reader content lists for the collection include gore, torture, blood and injury detail
Language
A lot
Cursing is listed among the collection's content flags; the register is literary but not clean
Sexual Content
A lot
Desire and queer relationships run through several stories, and 'Mantis' carries a threat of sexual assault
Substance Use
Some
Drinking appears in the party and coming-of-age stories; not a focus
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
Content lists name eating disorders, miscarriage, infertility, emotional abuse, stalking, abortion, death of a parent and religious bigotry
What this book is about
Armfield's debut collection puts adolescence, grief and desire through a body-horror filter: a girl whose skin sheds in sheets, a town where the dead won't sleep, a pregnancy at the end of the world. The stories are gothic and wet and consistently more interested in transformation than in resolution.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Graphic body horror and gore
Eating disorder content
Miscarriage and infertility
Threat of sexual assault
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