Florida Gothic Stories

✍ Scribed by Vicki Hendricks

• Book ID: 111649515
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 116 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 2009941634
• ASIN: B00B0GTHHK

✦ Synopsis

Gothic, in the sense of Southern Gothic, these eleven stories emphasize the "grotesque" and take place in various Florida environments. Some involve crime and violence, most involve sex; and animals are often central to the plot. "Stormy, Mon Amour" is about a woman who has given birth to a mermaid and seeks to reunite with her dolphin lover. "ReBecca" is the story of conjoined twins and their first sexual experience. "Boozanne, Lemme Be," from the viewpoint of a petty thief, focuses on his secret life in a couple's home when they are at work. "Must Bite!" is a grizzly tale of greed, murder, and ape behavior. Eight other stories contain similarly original plots and off-kilter characters.
Megan Abbott provides the Introduction and Michael Connelly the Afterword..M.F