Stories I Told My Dead Lover

by Jo Paquette

This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.

Buy on Amazon Buy on BN.com Buy on Bookshop.org

*This page contains affiliate links, so we may earn a small commission when you make a purchase through links on our site at no additional cost to you.

Pub Date Jun 11 2024 | Archive Date Jun 25 2024

Blackstone Publishing

General Fiction (Adult) | Mystery & Thrillers | Novellas & Short Stories

Talking about this book? Use #StoriesIToldMyDeadLover #NetGalley. More hashtag tips!

Description

Perfect for fans of Carmen Maria Machado and Kelly Link, Jo Paquette’s Stories I Told My Dead Lover contains eight searing tales of psychological horror that probe the darkest and most deeply buried parts of the human psyche.

A child is forced to grow up too soon.

A woman trusts her doctor too much.

An abandoned woman isn’t as alone as she thinks.

An idyllic holiday masks an unspeakable act of violence.

Driven, desperate, fighting for the power to choose their own fate, Paquette’s characters dare to push back at the walls that hold them in.

Come watch them burn.

A Note From the Publisher

Jo Paquette is a literary agent who lives in the Boston area. A graduate of UMass Amherst, she has previously published many books for young readers. Stories I Told My Dead Lover is her adult fiction debut.

Advance Praise

“Paquette was born to write horror. These subtle, varied stories are somehow both creepy and hilarious, and the sharp writing took my breath away. I could not stop reading.”

Nancy Werlin, Edgar Award Winner and New York Times bestselling novelist

“Combine Joe Hill’s sense of the macabre with Karen Russel’s dark whimsy, and you get STORIES I TOLD MY DEAD LOVER, by Ammi-Joan Paquette. These stories lodge in the imagination like splinters, and must be examined and returned to, time and again.”

Erin Dionne, acclaimed author of Bad Choices Make Good Stories

“Paquette was born to write horror. These subtle, varied stories are somehow both creepy and hilarious, and the sharp writing took my breath away. I could not stop reading.”

Nancy Werlin, Edgar Award...