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The merry spinster : tales of everyday horror / Mallory Ortberg.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Holt Paperbacks, Henry Holt and Company, 2018Edition: First editionDescription: 190 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • General
ISBN:
  • 9781250113429
Other title:
  • Tales of everyday horror
Uniform titles:
  • Short stories. Selections.
Contained works:
  • Ortberg, Mallory Daughter cells
  • Ortberg, Mallory Thankless child
  • Ortberg, Mallory Fear not: an incident log
  • Ortberg, Mallory Six boy-coffins
  • Ortberg, Mallory Rabbit
  • Ortberg, Mallory Wedding party
  • Ortberg, Mallory Some of us had been threatening our friend Mr. Toad
  • Ortberg, Mallory Cast your bread upon the waters
  • Ortberg, Mallory Frog's princess
  • Ortberg, Mallory Good fences make good neighbors
Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.6 23
  • SC 15
LOC classification:
  • PS3615.R72 A6 2018
Contents:
The daughter cells -- The thankless child -- Fear not: an incident log -- The six boy-coffins -- The rabbit -- The merry spinster -- The wedding party -- Some of us had been threatening our friend Mr. Toad -- Cast your bread upon the waters -- The frog's princess -- Good fences make good neighbors.
Summary: A collection of darkly playful stories based on classic folk and fairy tales updates familiar favorites with elements of psychological horror, emotional clarity, and feminist mischief.
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Books John Tomay Memorial Library Fiction FIC ORT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31030100198464

The daughter cells -- The thankless child -- Fear not: an incident log -- The six boy-coffins -- The rabbit -- The merry spinster -- The wedding party -- Some of us had been threatening our friend Mr. Toad -- Cast your bread upon the waters -- The frog's princess -- Good fences make good neighbors.

A collection of darkly playful stories based on classic folk and fairy tales updates familiar favorites with elements of psychological horror, emotional clarity, and feminist mischief.

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