Pretty Monsters

Weird, wicked, spooky and delightful, Pretty Monsters is the companion volume to the surreal collection The Wrong Grave. Blending fairytale and fantasy with horror, myth and mischief, Kelly Link creates a world like no other. A bloodsucking ghosts who is not greedy, a boy kidnapped by his father to wait for the aliens return, and a people-eating monster with a sense of humour. This book of tall tales will keep you up all night. Combining the imaginative brilliance of Jorge Luis Borges with the madcap escapades of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and more than a pinch of macabre humour, this is writing to come back from the dead for. 'Wizards, ghosts, meat-eating sofas and Nosferatu babysitters weave in and out of recognisable everyday life. Link's tone is cleverly poised between genuine creepiness and off-the-wall humour. Eccentric and unforgettable.' London Times