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The Witch is the Body
What happens when a funereal New Englander starts to date their grade school bully? Or when a graduate student in paleontology comes across impossible feline remains? How can a pregnant wife outsmart her husband before he kills her and her children? And can a teen girl retrieve a precious family heirloom from her racist uncle, or will she perish in the attempt? Farah Rose Smith's latest fiction collection is filled with witches, ghosts, monsters, and strong-willed women facing both supernatural and very-real dilemmas. Reaching across time from Medieval Germany to present-day New York City, The Witch is the Body is a collection of short horror fiction stories that will bewilder and bewitch.
- GenresHorror
109 pages, Paperback
First published December 23, 2021
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Farah Rose Smith
27 books44 followersFarah Rose Smith was born and raised in Rhode Island. She is the author of the novellas Anonyma, The Almanac of Dust, and Lavinia Rising. Her writing has appeared in Lackington’s Magazine, Darker Magazine (Russia), Spectral Realms, Vasterien Literary Journal, Nightscript, Dead Reckonings, and more. Smith holds a BA in Comparative Literature and MA in English, both from Hunter College. She lives in New York City with her three cats.
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
March 11, 2026
Whatever I was expecting of this book, it wasn't anywhere near that. I felt almost like a snoop reading someone's dream journal. A collection of weird and horrific tales that were almost melodic in the way they were written.
The Witch Is The Body had one of the most unreliable narrators I've ever read. Body horror that may or may not really be happening to the main character.
The Town Above Us had an almost cosmic horror feel to it, without being horrific. It's just had a very heavy sense of dread.
From The Heather Of The Hills touched my heart. The horror of a transgender paleontologist denying his true self to be accepted by his family discovers bones of a creature long forgotten.
Becoming Green is a wonderful representation of eco horror.
The only story that didn't have that dreamlike feel was A Thousand Alarming Presentments Of Evil were journal entries of the monk Caecilius in which he divulges accounts of evil. Epistolary stories are something I really enjoy.
This is a great collection to add to your TBR!
The Witch Is The Body had one of the most unreliable narrators I've ever read. Body horror that may or may not really be happening to the main character.
The Town Above Us had an almost cosmic horror feel to it, without being horrific. It's just had a very heavy sense of dread.
From The Heather Of The Hills touched my heart. The horror of a transgender paleontologist denying his true self to be accepted by his family discovers bones of a creature long forgotten.
Becoming Green is a wonderful representation of eco horror.
The only story that didn't have that dreamlike feel was A Thousand Alarming Presentments Of Evil were journal entries of the monk Caecilius in which he divulges accounts of evil. Epistolary stories are something I really enjoy.
This is a great collection to add to your TBR!
March 4, 2022
Really liked this collection: experimental and weird and horrific and always well written. The title story was my favorite.
February 20, 2022
Farah Rose Smith is possibly the most underrated weird fiction writer out there at present. This collection is her at her best.
August 21, 2023
An excellent collection with hypnotic prose. From the Heather of the Hills is worth the price alone.
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