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The Unmothers

Pages
320
Published
2024
Language
English

Synopsis

A journalist, still grieving her husband's death, is sent to the remote town of Raeford to investigate a bizarre rumor about a horse giving birth to a human baby. What she finds is a community that values its horses more than its people, and a dark, generational secret that may be connected to the recent discovery of two mangled bodies. As she digs deeper, her grasp on reality begins to slip, forcing her to question if she's losing her mind or uncovering a truth that has haunted the town's women for generations.

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About the author

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Leslie J. Anderson

Leslie J. Anderson is an American speculative fiction writer and poet, born and raised in Michigan and now based in Ohio. She holds a Master's degree in Creative Writing from Ohio University. Her novel The Unmothers (Quirk Books, 2024), a folk horror story about a small town confronting a rumored horse-birth, was named one of the New York Times' Best Horror of the year and won her a 2024 Individual Excellence Award in Fiction from the Ohio Arts Council. Her earlier novel The Cricket Prophecies w...

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Carolyn MarshallProtagonist

A recently widowed journalist sent to investigate a strange rumor in the small town of Raeford

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