Things We Say in the Dark by Kirsty Logan

We can turn them over and weigh them in our hands and maybe that will protect us from them. But we can visit our fears at night, in the dark. The blurb comments: ‘Some things can’t be spoken about in the light of day. The stories in Things We Say in the Dark are described as ranging from ‘chilling contemporary fairytales to disturbing contemporary fiction.’ The premise behind the collection is to examine fears. Her narrative voice is taut, and her stories often feel wholly original. I can see elements of their work echoed in hers, but Logan has something entirely her own. Logan has been compared, variously, to Angela Carter, Margaret Atwood, and Jeanette Winterson.

I was so looking forward to picking up her newest collection of short stories, Things We Say in the Dark, and am pleased to say that it lived up to my very high expectations. From a talented writer who has been compared to Angela Carter, Things We Say in the Dark is a powerful contemporary collection of feminist stories, ranging from vicious fairy tales to disturbing horror and tender ghost stories.I am a big fan of Kirsty Logan’s prose I love its mysterious quality, its beautifully dark and evocative imagery, and the wildness which exists within it. These dark tales explore women’s fears with electrifying honesty and invention and speak to one another about female bodies, domestic claustrophobia, desire and violence. Couples wrestle with a lack of connection to their children a schoolgirl becomes obsessed with the female anatomical models in a museum and a cheery account of child’s day out is undercut by chilling footnotes. Alone in a remote house in Iceland a woman is unnerved by her isolation another can only find respite from the clinging ghost that follows her by submerging herself in an abandoned swimming pool. The characters in this collection find their aspirations for happy homes, happy families and happy memories dissected and imbued with shimmering menace. Some things can’t be spoken about in the light of day. You can read this before Things We Say in the Dark PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Things We Say in the Dark written by Kirsty Logan which was published in. Brief Summary of Book: Things We Say in the Dark by Kirsty Logan