

Winner of the 2021 Lambda Award for Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror, this short-story collection is variously described as body-horror fairy tales and/or queer fabulism and it‘s every bit as good as I was led to believe. Standouts for me were “Self Care,” “Estranged Children of Storybook Houses,” and “The Nothing Spots Where Nobody Wants to Stay.” Definitely an interesting collection and one I will likely revisit in the future.