The Beauty

Aliya Whiteley

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Nominated for the Shirley Jackson and Saboteur awards, this game-changing story was chosen by Adam Nevill as one of his favourite horror short stories:

“What a refreshing gust of tiny spores this novella explodes into, and I inhaled them all with glee.”

Somewhere away from the cities and towns, in the Valley of the Rocks, a society of men and boys gather around the fire each night to listen to their history recounted by Nate, the storyteller. Requested most often by the group is the tale of the death of all women.

They are the last generation.

One evening, Nate brings back new secrets from the woods; peculiar mushrooms are growing from the ground where the women’s bodies lie buried. These are the first signs of a strange and insidious presence unlike anything ever known before…

Discover the Beauty.

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Courtney
• Oct 17 2024

Book Swap Finds
My full stack from our book swap yesterday! I forgot to take a photo of my donation pile, but I definitely left with ones that I am way more excited about. I did pass along some very loved books that I know I will never read again and deserve a spot in someone else’s library–whoever got To Shape a Dragon’s Breath, I hope you love it as much as I did.

Do you have any favorites in this stack?

Also, check out my cute new earrings! Shout out to makers who have clip on options for those of us with metal allergies.

✨ When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya Queen
✨ The Beauty by Aliya Whiteley
✨ O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker
✨ Graceling (graphic novel adaptation) by Kristin Cashore
✨ My Throat an Open Grave by Tori Bovalino
✨ Belladonna by Adalyn Grace
✨ Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
✨ The Year of Witching by Alexis Henderson
✨ Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
✨ Black Hole by Charles Burn

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