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Stories I Told My Dead Lover
“Paquette was born to write horror. These subtle, varied stories are sometimes creepy, sometimes hilarious, but always unexpected, and the sharp writing took my breath away. I could not stop reading.”
Nancy Werlin, Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling novelist
A Reactor Pick of the Month's New SFF Crossover Books
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A Yahoo! Entertainment Pick of New Books
A BookRiot Pick of Recommended Story Collections
Perfect for fans of Carmen Maria Machado and Kelly Link
Stories I Told My Dead Lover
Eight searing tales of psychological horror that probe the darkest and most deeply buried parts of the human psyche …
A child is forced to grow up too soon.
A woman trusts her doctor too much.
An abandoned woman isn’t as alone as she thinks.
An idyllic holiday masks an unspeakable act of violence.
Driven, desperate, fighting for the power to choose their own fate, Paquette’s characters dare to push back at the walls that hold them in.
Come watch them burn.
“Paquette was born to write horror. These subtle, varied stories are sometimes creepy, sometimes hilarious, but always unexpected, and the sharp writing took my breath away. I could not stop reading.”
Nancy Werlin, Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling novelist
“Combine Joe Hill’s sense of the macabre with Karen Russell’s dark whimsy and you get Stories I Told My Dead Lover by Jo Paquette. These stories lodge in the imagination like splinters and must be examined and returned to, time and again.”
Erin Dionne, acclaimed author of Bad Choices Make Good Stories
“Paquette’s stories are eerie and enigmatic, at times darkly funny, and always unpredictable. This is a strong collection of unsettling tales.”
Tom Perrotta, bestselling author of Tracy Flick Can’t Win and The Leftovers
“A quick yet haunting read, this suspenseful collection will hit the right note for fans of horror.”
Booklist
Joe Hempel, best known for his rich narrations, has entertained listeners with over one hundred audiobooks in genres ranging from horror and mystery to science fiction, romance, and personal development.
Vikas Adam is a classically trained actor with numerous credits in stage, film, commercials, and television, in addition to his over two hundred recorded audiobooks. His narrations have garnered numerous awards and nominations, including AudioFile Earphones Awards, various Best of the Year lists, and the prestigious Audie Award. He was an inaugural inductee into the Audible Narrator Hall of Fame.
Jo Paquette is an author and senior literary agent living in the Boston area. She has published over a dozen books for young readers, which have been translated into nine languages and have received numerous accolades, including a nomination for the Massachusetts Book Award. Stories I Told My Dead Lover is her adult debut.
Sophie Amoss is a voice talent and Earphones Award–winning narrator.
Gabra Zackman is an actress, author, and narrator who has won several AudioFile Earphones Awards. She was educated at Northwestern University. A classically trained actress, she has appeared in theaters all over the country as well as on film and television.
Soneela Nankani is an award-winning narrator with over three hundred titles in many different genres including Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, and Nonfiction. She has garnered sixteen Earphones Awards, nominations for Audie and SOVAS awards, and was recently awarded AudioFile magazine’s Golden Voice Lifetime Achievement Honor. Her audiobooks have been featured in Best Audiobooks lists by AudioFile magazine and the Washington Post, among others. In her spare time, she loves to read (yes, really), learn languages, try new recipes, and travel. She lives in the DC area with her husband and two mischievous daughters.
Emily Woo Zeller is an artist, actor, dancer, choreographer, and voice artist who has won Earphones Awards and the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration in 2018. She began her voice-over career by voicing animation in Asia. AudioFile magazine named her one of the Best Voices of 2013 for her work in Gulp. Other awards include the 2009 Tristen Award for Best Actress as Sally Bowles in Cabaret and the 2006 Roselyn E. Schneider Prize for Creative Achievement.