The Worm in Every Heart: Stories

By: Gemma Files

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Synopsis: The second collection from the author of Kissing Carrion, whose stories &“overwhelm the reader with a true sense of wonder, awe, and horror&” (Paul Tremblay, award-winning author of A Head Full of Ghosts). As two-time Bram Stoker Award winner Paula Guran said in Horror Garage, &“Nobody in a Gemma Files story puts a hand on a doorknob and opens the door they shouldn&’t—these folks are already in the other side.&” The inhabitants of the stories in The Worm in Every Heart include gods and madmen, arsonists and ancient vampires, monsters and mothers who don&’t know how to love. No matter where they live—Warsaw during World War II, British India, or modern-day Toronto—their realities are not our own, but ones in which we&’ll willingly immerse ourselves for a terrifying moment or two . . . Praise for Gemma Files &“One of the genre&’s most original and innovative voices.&” —Los Angeles Review of Books &“What makes We Will All Go Down Together so riveting isn&’t its ideas or imagery, as richly atmospheric and detailed as they are. It&’s the author&’s voice. Colorful, powerful, and charismatic, her characters are rendered in bold strokes and poignant nuances.&” —NPR.org &“The recent republication of Gemma Files&’s first two collections of short fiction, Kissing Carrion and The Worm in Every Heart, was a reminder of how long and how well she has been writing.&” —Locus