BOOKS
Stories I Told My Dead Lover
Blackstone Publishing, June 2024
For fans of Carmen Maria Machado and Kelly Link, eight searing tales of psychological horror which 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, each of these individuals will dare to push back at the walls that hold them in.
Come watch them burn.
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Reviews
“A quick yet haunting read, this suspenseful collection will hit the right note for fans of horror.” — Booklist
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“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
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“Paquette was born to write horror. These subtle, varied stories are somehow both creepy and hilarious, and the sharp writing took my breath away. I could not stop reading.” — Nancy Werlin, Edgar Award Winner and New York Times bestselling novelist
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“Combining Joe Hill’s sense of the macabre with Karen Russel’s dark whimsy, 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
Jo Paquette 