No and Other Love Stories by Kirsty Logan

Can 'no' be a declaration of love? What happens when love is savage, dangerous and all-consuming? In this gorgeous and unsettling collection, women navigate the complexities and cruelties of desire across time and place, from a medieval convent to a Victorian parlour to a 1990s high school.
 
* An expectant mother feeds raw meat to the wasp's nest in her shed.
* A pair of sapphic lovers use ghost possession to fleece money from lecherous men.
* One woman in wartime London discovers that she loves her husband much more as a ghost.
* A teenage girl becomes infatuated with a bloodthirsty succubus.
 
Intensely atmospheric, surprising and darkly funny, this collection is a richly flavoured feast from a brilliant writer in full command of the form.
 
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'Absolutely obsessed. Savage, strange and spicy' -- Lucy Rose, author of Lamb
 
'Gleefully depraved, gloriously queer and thrillingly bold' -- Leon Craig, author of Parallel Hells 
 
'A dark delight, steeped in blood red honey' -- Heather Parry, author of Orpheus Builds A Girl