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Thin Places: Stories
A finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award,
Thin Places
is a gothic and atmospheric collection from the national bestselling author of
The Bog Wife
. This beautiful reissue includes four additional stories.
A not-quite-human proprietor menaces guests at a hotel on the edge of a swamp. A composer visits a remote Slavic village where villagers perform soundless songs that accompany violent sacrifices. Four reclusive women conjure children out of unconventional materials in an unnerving mansion. The arrival of a lighthouse-keeper's daughter portends disaster for an insular island community with bizarre traditions.
With transcendent prose that celebrates her hypnotic and humane vision of the strange and supernatural, Kay Chronister weaves a dark tapestry of love, grief, death, and the exquisite pain and joy of life on the periphery of the familiar. The fifteen stories collected here chronicle the lives of powerful women and children, wicked witches and demons, cursed artists and overlooked communities. Thin Places is a perfect companion to Chronister's national bestselling novel The Bog Wife and ideally suited for readers of Shirley Jackson and Carmen Maria Machado.
A not-quite-human proprietor menaces guests at a hotel on the edge of a swamp. A composer visits a remote Slavic village where villagers perform soundless songs that accompany violent sacrifices. Four reclusive women conjure children out of unconventional materials in an unnerving mansion. The arrival of a lighthouse-keeper's daughter portends disaster for an insular island community with bizarre traditions.
With transcendent prose that celebrates her hypnotic and humane vision of the strange and supernatural, Kay Chronister weaves a dark tapestry of love, grief, death, and the exquisite pain and joy of life on the periphery of the familiar. The fifteen stories collected here chronicle the lives of powerful women and children, wicked witches and demons, cursed artists and overlooked communities. Thin Places is a perfect companion to Chronister's national bestselling novel The Bog Wife and ideally suited for readers of Shirley Jackson and Carmen Maria Machado.
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Published October 7, 2025
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October 5, 2025
I wanted to listen to the audiobook of Thin Places by Kay Chronister specifically because of the different narrators for each story. Short story collections are always a mixed bag. I love short stories because they show me the writer’s craft. In this collection of stories, the ones that stood out to me most were “White Throat Holler”, “Russula’s Wake”, “The Lights We Carried Home”, and “Thin Places”. Some stories I wish were longer. Some ended before I knew what was happening. I loved the diverse characters and the diverse narration. ALC was provided by Brilliance Audio via NetGalley. I received an audiobook listening copy for free and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
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