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Tantrum

Tantrum

HorrorContemporary Literature
Pages
192
Published
2025
Language
English

Synopsis

When the nurses handed Lucia to her, Thea just knew her baby girl was a monster. Born with a full set of teeth and a devilish glint in her eye, Lucia is always hungry — and growing fast. As Lucia starts talking, and pointing at her baby brother and saying "I eat," dark memories bubble up from Thea's own childhood that won't release their hooks from her heart. Lucia wants to eat the world. Thea might just let her. Crackling with originality and dark humor, Tantrum is a provocative horror novel about familial debt, duty, and the darker side of motherhood.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

DarkTenseCreepyThought-Provoking
Morally Grey

Genres

Horror Contemporary Literature Body Horror Thriller

About the author

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Rachel Eve Moulton

Rachel Eve Moulton is the author of the psychological horror novels Tinfoil Butterfly (2019), The Insatiable Volt Sisters (2023), and Tantrum (2025). She holds a B.A. from Antioch College and an M.F.A. from Emerson College, and has worked as an educator, writer, and editor. Tinfoil Butterfly was long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award and the Bram Stoker Award; The Insatiable Volt Sisters was named one of the top ten horror novels of 2...

Characters

TheaProtagonist

A mother confronting dark memories from her own childhood as her daughter Lucia's monstrous hunger grows.

LuciaAntagonist

Thea's daughter, born with a full set of teeth and an insatiable, monstrous hunger.

All characters in Tantrum