Urban Creatures by Alodie Fielding (US edition, paperback), Bishan

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Publisher: Ingram IPS
ISBN 13: 9781634050333
Condition: Brandnew
Binding: paperback
Pages: 276
Dimensons: 194 x 130 x 30 | 400 (gram)

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Urban Creatures skirts the edge of reality, dexterously defying form and genre. Primal urges feed on the city, stalking its inhabitants. From a psychotherapist gorging on tragedy, to a predatory hair thief, and a grief-stricken father’s search for his lost daughter, humanity’s subterranean secrets and shames are unearthed.
Urban survival makes creatures of us all.
Sarah Gray's short stories shift from the unsettling to the surreal to the frightening, all cut through with her characteristic black humor.In Urban Creatures, Sarah Gray's short stories shift from the unsettling to the surreal to the frightening, all cut through with her characteristic black humor. Urban survival makes creatures of us all.Sarah writes beautifully and the sense of
foreboding or unease is brilliantly conveyed.
It echoes Mary Shelley or Edgar Allan Poe.
Clare Balding, Award-winning broadcaster,
journalist & authorI just loved Sarah’s idea of what it means to
be a ghost.
Tracy Chevalier, New York Times bestselling authorSarah Gray has been storytelling all of her professional life. As a writer and filmmaker she is delighted by what she fears and loves to explore the darkly comic side of the human psyche. In a scary and illogical world there is plenty to allow her imagination free reign.
Stories enable us to face the worst that can happen and then get back to everyday life, pretending the terrible stuff only happens to other people. In October 2015, Sarah’s fears were realized when she was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease. Since then she has been learning how to adapt to chronic disability and adjusting to the horror of a terminal illness.Sarah Gray's short stories invoke the quiet intensity of Alice Munro but with more pathology, a comic turn now and then, and a demon or specter lurking about. Urban Creatures appeals to lovers of quirky supernatural tales as well as stories about the deeply human traumas of regular life. Each story is accompanied by a full-spread illustration by Alodie Fielding.

Sarah Gray writes and produces live theatrical events and readings in London, UK, and videos will be available for US and worldwide publicity.
* Author hosts a virtual Supper Club, which gathers like-minded readers and writers to explore the genre of short stories and the practice of immersive storytelling.
* Potential for cross-promotion with the artist/illustrator, Alodie Fielding, also based in London, UK.
* Advance reader copies available on requestSarah writes beautifully and he sense of foreboding and unease is brilliantly conveyed. It echoes Mary Shelly or Edgar Allen Poe. –Clare Balding, award-winning broadcaster, journalist. and authorBrilliant on so many levels. It can't fail to engage you! –Helena Frith Powell, intern