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Urban Creatures

Sarah Gray Alodie Fielding

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English
Chin Music Press
20 September 2022
In Urban Creatures, Sarah Gray's short stories shift from the unsettling to the surreal to the frightening, all cut through with her characteristic black humour. Urban survival makes creatures of us all.

Urban Creatures skirts the edge of reality, dexterously defying form and genre. Primal urges feed on the city, stalking its inhabitants. From a psychotherapist gorging on tragedy, to a predatory hair thief, and a grief-stricken father's search for his lost daughter, humanity's subterranean secrets and shames are unearthed.

Urban survival makes creatures of us all. Sarah Gray's short stories shift from the unsettling to the surreal to the frightening, all cut through with her characteristic black humour.

'Sarah writes beautifully and he sense of foreboding and unease is brilliantly conveyed. It echoes Mary Shelly or Edgar Allen Poe.'

Clare Balding, award-winning broadcaster, journalist. and author

'Brilliant on so many levels. It can't fail to engage you!'

Helena Frith Powell, international bestselling author
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Illustrated by:   Alodie Fielding
Imprint:   Chin Music Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 193mm,  Width: 130mm, 
ISBN:   9781634050333
ISBN 10:   1634050339
Pages:   276
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Sarah Gray has been storytelling all of her professional life. As a writer and filmmaker she is delighted by what she fears and loves to explore the darkly comic side of the human psyche. In a scary and illogical world there is plenty to allow her imagination free reign. Stories enable us to face the worst that can happen and then get back to everyday life, pretending the terrible stuff only happens to other people. In October 2015, Sarah's fears were realized when she was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease. Since then she has been learning how to adapt to chronic disability and adjusting to the horror of a terminal illness.

Reviews for Urban Creatures

Sarah writes beautifully and he sense of foreboding and unease is brilliantly conveyed. It echoes Mary Shelly or Edgar Allen Poe. –Clare Balding, award-winning broadcaster, journalist. and author Brilliant on so many levels. It can't fail to engage you! –Helena Frith Powell, international bestselling author Urban Creatures contains finely wrought explorations of urban dread. Gods of Anxiety produce panic attacks while vampires work as palliative care therapists. The stories are all therapy, of a sort, with death a constant lingering presence. Comforting, in a way; the kind of private, personal work that looks right into your soul. Beautifully written and beautifully illustrated, Urban Creatures takes you to dark places while reassuring you that you’re not alone. –Zack Davisson, author of Kaibyo: The Supernatural Cats of Japan & Yurei: The Japanese Ghost


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