A haunting collection of short fiction from the
bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club, A Head
Full of Ghosts, and The Cabin at the End of the World.
Paul Tremblay has won widespread acclaim for illuminating
the dark horrors of the mind in novels and stories that push
the boundaries of storytelling itself. The fifteen pieces in
this brilliant collection, The Beast You Are, are all
monsters of a kind, ready to loudly (and lovingly) smash
through your head and into your heart.
In “The Dead Thing,” a middle-schooler
struggles to deal with the aftermath of her parents’
substance addictions and split. One day, her little brother
claims he found a shoebox with “the dead thing”
inside. He won’t show it to her and he won’t let
the box out of his sight. In “The Last
Conversation,” a person wakes in a sterile, white room
and begins to receive instructions via intercom from a woman
named Anne. When they are finally allowed to leave the room
to complete a task, what they find is as shocking as it is
heartbreaking.
The title novella, “The Beast You Are,” is a
mini epic in which the destinies and secrets of a village, a
dog, and a cat are intertwined with a giant monster that
returns to wreak havoc every thirty years.
A masterpiece of literary horror and psychological
suspense, The Beast You Are is a fearlessly
imagined collection from one of the most electrifying and
innovative writers working today.
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