Get a look at Rachel Harrison's upcoming horror novel Black Sheep, in which thorny family dynamics get a slightly demonic twist.
Rachel Harrison has earned a reputation for writing offbeat, occasionally irreverent horror featuring complex heroines and stories grounded in uniquely female-centric experiences. And her latest upcoming novel,Mixing both rural and religious horror with a razor-sharp wit and thorny family dynamics,tells an all too familiar tale of feeling like an outsider in your own family, with a slightly demonic twist.
When Vesper’s homecoming exhumes a terrifying secret, she’s forced to reckon with her family’s beliefs and her own crisis of faith in this deliciously sinister novel that explores the way family ties can bind us as we struggle to find our place in the world.won’t hit shelves until September 19, but we’re happy to be able to give you a sneak peek at its story, as heroine Vesper discovered an unexpected invitation on her doorstep.
The top of my building appeared over the hill. I could see my apartment, the second window down, on the corner—it was pitch-dark inside, with my cheap white curtains billowing out of the open window, reaching into the night like a longing ghost., as my father used to say. The glittering sky rested like a crown on the horizon. So many jewels—stars burning, burning, so desperate to be seen, seeking attention over light-years. Easy to forget stars are mortal; they’re born, and they die.
Yes, I was exhausted, and yes, I was drunk, and yes, I was a bit raw from being unceremoniously sacked. But I had spent years, wittingly and unwittingly, calibrating the alarm inside me that alerted me to danger. Those of us who need it don’t have a choice.Maybe everyone experiences it differently, the sensation of hidden eyes. For me, it manifested like repeated prodding with a sharp stick. Like an itch on the inside of my skin.
There’s something you should know about me, that I’ve come to learn, that I should probably tell you now, so the rest of this makes sense. Seems I’m the type to pick at a scab until it bleeds, then peel back the skin to see what’s underneath. The kind of curious that invites self-destruction. When I got up to my apartment, the mystery of my suspicion unfurled so perfectly, like the gentle pull of a ribbon flattening a bow.All this time, they’d known exactly where I was. Of course they had.I snatched up the envelope and hurried inside, locking the dead bolt behind me. I shuffled across the floor, kicking off my sneakers, tearing off my polo and tossing it in the trash.
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