Metamorphosis
Book description
This short story collection includes 17 tales of terror. Madeline will never become a woman. William will never become a man. Does June deserve to be human? Does Lilith deserve a heart? If imperfection is crucial to a society’s survival, what makes a monster?
Why read it?
1 author picked Metamorphosis as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Claire is an irreverent delight in person, but you won’t see much of that persona in her stories – this book is heavy with gooey and bizarre body horror that always has a deeply personal context for her characters.
She’s admitted that writing is a vehicle for talking about her epilepsy, but you don’t need to share that with her to relate to the strange changes that take place on her pages.
This is just her first collection, an opening salvo across the bow of Australian horror, so it will be interesting indeed to see how her work evolves and…
From Matthew's list on Australian short story collections with real bite.
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