Monstrum

by Lottie Mills

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Pub Date 16 May 2024 | Archive Date 3 May 2024

Oneworld Publications

Novellas & Short Stories

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Description

A DARKLY ATMOSPHERIC AND BEAUTFIULLY CRAFTED MEDITATION ON OTHERNESS, FROM AN AWARD-WINNING YOUNG WRITER

In Lottie Mills' haunting modern fairytales, a father and daughter build a life for themselves on an isolated beach, only to collide painfully with the outside world when their secret refuge is discovered.

A young disabled woman opts to receive a perfect, pain-free body, but soon finds herself haunted by the one she cast off.

A travelling circus master discovers the ideal addition to his cabinet of curiosities. But it isn't long before the star of the show sets out to take her revenge.

Lottie Mills' stories capture the experience of characters excluded by a society that cannot accept their difference. Eerie, fantastical and hugely ambitious, this collection announces the arrival of an outstanding young voice.

A DARKLY ATMOSPHERIC AND BEAUTFIULLY CRAFTED MEDITATION ON OTHERNESS, FROM AN AWARD-WINNING YOUNG WRITER

In Lottie Mills' haunting modern fairytales, a father and daughter build a life for themselves...

Advance Praise

‘I was struck by the sheer verve and imagination of it all... A book that is often beautiful, appalling and fantastical, but always utterly truthful.’ Deborah Kay Davies, author of Reasons She Goes to the Woods

'A magical and haunting collection of captivating stories. Lottie Mills' writing manages to tread the fine line between the grotesque and the exquisite with seemingly effortless ease.' Jan Carson, author of Quickly, While They Still Have Horses

'We were blown away by 'The Changeling', it's simply beautiful. I love the way it uses fairy mythology to tell a story about difference, disability, acceptance and coming of age.' Katie Thistleton, BBC Radio 1 presenter and Chair of Judges for BBC YWA 2020