The Shape of WatermeetsMexican Gothicin this sapphic monster romance novella wrapped in gothic fantasy trappings
The old keeper of the keys is dead, and the creature who ate her is the volatile Lady of the Capricious House`Anatema, an enormous humanoid spider with a taste for laudanum and human brides.
D?lia, the old keepers prot?g?e, must take up her duties, locking and unlocking the little drawers in which Anatema keeps her memories. And if she can unravel the crime that led to her predecessor's execution, D?lia might just be able to survive long enough to grow into her new role.
But theres a gaping hole in D?lias plan that she refuses to see: Anatema cannot resist a beautiful woman, and she eventually devours every single bride that crosses her path.
Hache Pueyo is an Argentine-Brazilian writer and translator. She won an Otherwise Fellowship for her work with gender in speculative fiction, and her work has appeared as H. Pueyo in
Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction,
Clarkesworld,
Strange Horizons, and
The Years Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, among others. Her bilingual collection,
A Study in Ugliness & Outras Hist?rias, came out in 2022.
Praise forBut Not Too Boldand Hache Pueyo
An intoxicating feast for anyone who has found beauty in the monstrous. Cassandra Khaw,USA Todaybestselling author ofNothing But Blackened Teeth
Pueyo weaves an exquisite web of a tale, full of enigmatic characters, eerie atmosphere and all-consuming passion. Laura Pohl,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Grimrose Girls
Pueyo knows exactly how to blend darkness and evil with cuteness and gorgeous prose. . . . A master of Latin American dark fiction. Renan Bernardo, Nebula finalist and author ofDifferent Kinds of Defiance
Hache Pueyo jams in a metric ton of creativity into a small package, yet still leaves room for unanswl³!
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