Grotesque: Monster Stories

In a collection inspired by the mythologies of Europe, China, and her beloved Aotearoa-New Zealand, four-time Bram Stoker Award®-winner Lee Murray twists and subverts ancient themes, stitching new creatures from blood and bone, hiding them in soft forest mists and dark subterranean prisons.In this volume, construction workers uncover a hidden tunnel, soldiers wander, lost after a skirmish, and a dead girl yearns for company.Featuring eleven uncanny tales of automatons, zombies, golems, and dragons, and including the Taine McKenna adventure "e;Into the Clouded Sky"e;, Murray's Grotesque: Monster Stories breathes new life into the monster genre.