The Razorblades in my Head by Donnie Goodman

Skin Grows Over weaves realism with uncanny horror, using images of deep history and the otherworldly Scottish wilderness to tell a very modern tale about grief, queerness, and female embodiment. Connecting the three of them, a centuries-old bog mummy, hovering around it all, watching, waiting to be put to rest. A world-weary and weather-beaten museum custodian resigns herself to hosting a mysterious ceremony that goes against everything she believes in. A mysterious and obsessive Humanist celebrant prepares to perform the most important funeral of her life. Caitlin Marceau, author of Palimpsestand This is Where We Talk Things OutĮstimated Publication Date: 23rd August 2022Ī young woman who has never learned how to grieve begins to come apart following the loss of the one friend who truly understood her. “Ashthorne is a harrowing tale that you won’t be able to put down, especially when it hurts.” Alex Woodroe, author of Whisperwood, editor at Tenebrous Press If you’ve ever thought ‘I wish Downton Abbey could be scary and queer’, and who among us hasn’t, really, then this is the book for you.” It’s dripping with atmosphere and comfortingly familiar, especially if you love a historical manor house setting, but wraps a modern voice around a romance that’s to die for. “From the very first page, you know Ashthorne House is going to be trouble, and you can’t resist. It’s grisly, it’s gothic and it’s gay as hell: you’re going to love it.” “Lush, powerfully-written, elegiac and disquieting, Ashthorne confirms April Yates as one of the brightest and most talented new stars in the queer horror firmament. But Evelyn has her suspicions about what’s really happening at the hospital, and as Adelaide helps her investigate, it soon becomes apparent that there are more inhabitants residing at Ashthorne than first thought.Ī romantic Gothic treat perfect for fans of Sarah Waters and The Haunting of Bly Manor, Ashthorne is the debut novella by Derbyshire author April Yates, who was inspired to tell this story by the Ice Age art carved into the walls of local caves. She quickly falls in love with the owner’s daughter, Evelyn, who hides a warm heart beneath a chilly exterior.

Hoping to do some good, she signs up to become a nurse at Ashthorne, a manor house newly designated as a convalescence home for injured soldiers. In the aftermath of WWI, Adelaide Frost is on the run from a family who do not understand her.

The Razorblades in my Head by Donnie Goodman