{"product_id":"9780765397133","title":"The Murders of Molly Southbourne","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Murders of Molly Southbourne\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Tade Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A bold outpouring of flesh and crisis at once horrifying and familiar.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2018 Nommo Award for Best Novella\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery time she bleeds a murderer is born. Experience the horror of Tade Thompson's \u003ci\u003eThe Murders of Molly Southbourne. \u003c\/i\u003eA finalist for the 2017 BSFA Award, the 2017 Shirley Jackson Award. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe rule is simple: don’t bleed.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor as long as Molly Southbourne can remember, she’s been watching herself die. Whenever she bleeds, another molly is born, identical to her in every way and intent on her destruction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMolly knows every way to kill herself, but she also knows that as long as she survives she’ll be hunted. No matter how well she follows the rules, eventually the mollys will find her. Can Molly find a way to stop the tide of blood, or will she meet her end at the hand of a girl who looks just like her?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Murders of Molly Southbourne\u003c\/i\u003e is so strange and well-written and well-conceived. I read it in one sitting and yet it follows me around wherever I go. I loved it.\" —Paul Tremblay, author of \u003ci\u003eDisappearance at Devil's Rock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A bold outpouring of flesh and crisis at once horrifying and familiar.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Inventive, chilling, and professionally rendered.\" —Elizabeth Bear, author of \u003ci\u003eKaren Memory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This premise fleshes out the strangeness and the grace of the human condition as well as anything I've read.\" —Stephen Graham Jones, author of \u003ci\u003eMongrels\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMapping the Interior\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Tade Thompson's writing is as inexorable as a march to the executioner's block, layered with cold dread and an exquisite understanding of body horror.\" —Cassandra Khaw, author of the Persons Non Grata series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Murders of Molly Southbourne\u003c\/i\u003e is bloody, quiet, haunting, and sharp—a book worth savoring.\" —Max Gladstone, author of the Craft Sequence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This bloody exploration of identity and self in a changed world will stay with readers long after they finish the last page.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A bloody, intriguing puzzle of a novella.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An enormously vivid, enormously peculiar novel... compellingly written.\" —\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Excellent, bloody, unsettling.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Book Smugglers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Murders of Molly Southbourne\u003c\/i\u003e reaches deep into the heart of existence and drags our fears into the sunlight. An excellent, terrifying read.\" —Fran Wilde, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eUpdraft\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCloudbound\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHorizon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Tade Thompson weaves a subtle, surreal tale of life, death, love and damnation around an absolutely unforgettable heroine. Molly will terrify you, even as she breaks your heart.\" —Stephanie Saulter, author of the (R)Evolution books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"By turns disturbing, fascinating and heartbreaking, and mesmerizing from first to last.\" —Simon Bestwick, author of the Black Road series and \u003ci\u003eThe Feast Of All Souls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Viciously real. Chillingly absurd. There's a visceral, bloody logic to Tade Thompson’s tale of self murder.” —Jon Courtenay Grimwood, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fallen Blade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A story to make your skin crawl and your veins feel full of dark secrets.\" —Sophia McDougall, author of the Romanitas trilogy, \u003ci\u003eMars Evacuees\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSpace Hostages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A darkly compelling, offbeat tale punctuated by memorable characters and an endlessly fascinating mystery. The dark imagination of Tade Thompson is a wondrous thing to behold.” —Maurice Broaddus, author of \u003ci\u003eBuffalo Soldier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A novella that showcases the emotional depth of this writer, Tade Thompson’s The Murders of Molly Southbourne is utterly compelling, dark and disturbing.” —Kaaron Warren, author of \u003ci\u003eSlights\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780765397133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Tordotcom","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40673413890254,"sku":"9780765397133","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780765397133","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}