
In the Netherlands in 1887, Lucy tries to protect her twin sister, Sarah, who has stopped eating, speaks nonsense and has become fixated on a centuries-old corpse found preserved on her husband's estate. A doctor diagnoses temporary insanity, and Lucy fears Sarah will be committed to an asylum. As Sarah grows angry and ravenous, Lucy begins to wonder whether something has possessed her sister or whether she is simply mad. Described by reviewers as sapphic gothic horror.
Details
| ISBN | 9781464244926 |
|---|---|
| Copyright Date | 2025 |
| Publication Date | March 25, 2025 |
| Publisher | Poisoned Pen Press |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 368 |
| Language | English |
| Notes | Finalist, 2026 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction. Reviewers call it sapphic gothic horror; specific relationship not confirmed in the reviews found. Other paperback ISBNs: 9781464245084, 9781728281575. |
| Rating | Good |
| Genre | Historical Fiction; Horror |
| Subject | Demoniac possession -- Fiction; Gothic fiction; Mental illness -- Fiction; Netherlands -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction; Sapphic fiction; Secrecy -- Fiction; Twin sisters -- Fiction |