Hammers on Bone [Paperback]

Cassandra Khaw bursts onto the scene withHammers on Bone, a hard-boiled horror show that Charles Stross calls possibly the most promising horror debut of 2016. A finalist for the British Fantasy award and the Locus Award for Best Novella!

John Persons is a private investigator with a distasteful job from an unlikely client. Hes been hired by a ten-year-old to kill the kids stepdad, McKinsey. The man in question is abusive, abrasive, and abominable.

Hes also a monster, which makes Persons the perfect thing to hunt him. Over the course of his ancient, arcane existence, hes hunted gods and demons, and broken them in his teeth.

As Persons investigates the horrible McKinsey, he realizes that he carries something far darker. Hes infected with an alien presence, and hes spreading that monstrosity far and wide. Luckily Persons is no stranger to the occult, being an ancient and magical intelligence himself. The question is whether the private dick can take down the abusive stepdad without releasing the holds on his own horrifying potential.

CASSANDRA KHAW writes alot.Sometimes, she writes press releases and excited emails for Singaporean micropublisher Ysbryd Games. Sometimes, she writes for technology and video games outlets likeEurogamer,Ars Technica,The Verge, andEngadget. Mostly, though, she writes about the intersection between nightmares and truth, drawing inspiration from Southeast Asian mythology and stories from people she has met. She occasionally spends time in a Muay Thai gym punching people and pads.

Cassandra Khaw's explosive, evocative prose is a treat to read. Khaw's ability to transform the mundane into the deeply phantasmagorical is nothing short of magical. Prepare to take a long leap into the gory, the weird, and the fantastic in the hands of a fresh new voice in fiction. Kameron Hurley, Hugo Award-winning author ofMirror EmpireandThe Geek FeminislÓ5