My other abilities revealed themselves gradually, often disconcertingly, over a period of years, although by then, I was slightly savvier and anxious not to if I could help it traumatise any more family and friends than I had already. It took five years to stumble across my gravity-defying attributes and less than five minutes to gather it wasn’t at all the sort of thing people expected. Both events were unsettling in their own way. I was five when I flew for the first time, sixteen when I killed a man.

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Taking everything into account, I think we managed well, and it wasn't anybody's fault that things took a turn for the dangerous before heading for life-threatening. Luckily my family were on the paranoid side, and as they came to understand more about what I was and what I could do, paranoia proved politic. Naturally, neither did I, and it was quite a while before it dawned on me that nobody else saw and heard as I did.

My parents had no inkling I was different. Lurking in the shadows is the ghost bride with a black smile and a hungry heart.Īnd she gets lonely down there in the dirt.Įffortlessly turning the classic haunted house story on its head, Nothing but Blackened Teeth is a sharp and devastating exploration of grief, the parasitic nature of relationships, and the consequences of our actions.Īt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.WHEN PEOPLE CAN'T BELIEVE THEIR EYES - THEY USUALLY DON'T!ġ950s, London, England. It's the perfect venue for a group of thrill-seeking friends, brought back together to celebrate a wedding.Ī night of food, drinks, and games quickly spirals into a nightmare as secrets get dragged out and relationships are tested.īut the house has secrets too. A Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy Award Finalist! Ĭassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale, steeped in Japanese folklore and full of devastating twists.Ī Heian-era mansion stands abandoned, its foundations resting on the bones of a bride and its walls packed with the remains of the girls sacrificed to keep her company.

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