"In his introduction to this volume, Laird Barron writes 'Scant difference exists between exquisite pleasure and pain.' An orphan girl with a mind for anthracite falls into the hands of a cult worshiping an entombed god. In the Pacific Northwest, evergreens lull prepubescent girls into their trunks
Engines of Desire: Tales of Love and Other Horrors
โ Scribed by Livia Llewellyn
- Publisher
- Lethe Press
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 173 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781590213247
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โฆ Synopsis
"In his introduction to this volume, Laird Barron writes 'Scant difference exists between exquisite pleasure and pain.' An orphan girl with a mind for anthracite falls into the hands of a cult worshiping an entombed god. In the Pacific Northwest, evergreens lull prepubescent girls into their trunks to serve as wombs. A suburban housewife troubled by her present encounters the sixteen-year-old girl she ached to touch in her dreams. These ten stories promise to indulge the reader's sensibilities, their fears and desires."--Page 4 of cover.;Love, sex, and the heat death of the universe / by Laird Barron -- Horses -- At the edge of Ellensburg -- Teslated Salishan evergreen -- The engine of desire -- Jetsam 85 -- The four hundred thousand -- Brimstone orange -- Take your daughters to work -- Omphalos -- Her deepness.
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