![]() ![]() ![]() In “Formerly Feral,” for example, an adolescent girl copes with her parents’ divorce, her father’s remarriage, and her own shifting identity as she faces school bullies and bonds with the newest member of her family-a wolf. The horror of her work comes not only from the eerie occurrences on each page, but also in the relatability of her characters and the connections a reader can draw between their situations and the absurdity of everyday life. Behind each of her stories lie undercurrents of loss, metamorphosis, and the ever shifting nature of human relationships. And while her tales are notable for their concepts, they don't lack in substance, either. Writing with an elegant and often poetic style, British author Armfield conjures nine uncanny worlds in her first short story collection. ![]() Between man-eating insects, a fashionably dressed sister-wolf, and a hypnotic feminist girl band, Armfield leaves no supernatural stone unturned in this dazzling debut. ![]()
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