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Everything That's Underneath by Kristi DeMeester
4.0
“There so much we can’t see. Everything that’s underneath. Hiding. But it wants us to see, to pull it out from where it’s sleeping and make it beautiful again.”
This is a collection of short stories by Kirsti DeMeester designed to make you anxious and think about what lies beyond the surface. In this collection the focus is on the emotional attachment mother’s have with their children. They tell visceral tales which show the bond that can’t be broken and sometimes one which destroys. Centred around everyday ordinary lives, DeMeester turns them into something dark with influences of magic and religion.
To say these stories weren’t strange in the disturbing and unsettling sense would be an understatement. There were many which left be thinking “what just happened?!” Some of these include the title story “Everyhing that’s Underneath”, “Like Feather, Like Bone”, “Split Tongues”, “Daughters of Hecate”, “Birthright”, “So Sleep In The Dust Of The Earth”, “December Skin” and “All That Is Refracted, Broken”
This is a strange and disturbing collection of stories which deal with raw matter like the earth and beyond as well as human beings. It makes the reader feel intense as the dreamlike nightmares are told. I would definitely recommend this book if you’re looking to not sleep at night 😈
This is a collection of short stories by Kirsti DeMeester designed to make you anxious and think about what lies beyond the surface. In this collection the focus is on the emotional attachment mother’s have with their children. They tell visceral tales which show the bond that can’t be broken and sometimes one which destroys. Centred around everyday ordinary lives, DeMeester turns them into something dark with influences of magic and religion.
To say these stories weren’t strange in the disturbing and unsettling sense would be an understatement. There were many which left be thinking “what just happened?!” Some of these include the title story “Everyhing that’s Underneath”, “Like Feather, Like Bone”, “Split Tongues”, “Daughters of Hecate”, “Birthright”, “So Sleep In The Dust Of The Earth”, “December Skin” and “All That Is Refracted, Broken”
This is a strange and disturbing collection of stories which deal with raw matter like the earth and beyond as well as human beings. It makes the reader feel intense as the dreamlike nightmares are told. I would definitely recommend this book if you’re looking to not sleep at night 😈