The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror

by Daniel M. Lavery and Daniel Mallory Ortberg

Book Overview

"Empowering, subversive. . . . Daniel M. Lavery twists fairy tales into elegant garrotes. . . . There's not a single weak link in the cat's-breath chain of this collection." --The New York Times Book Review

Adapted from the beloved "Children's Stories Made Horrific" series, The Merry Spinster takes up the trademark wit that endeared Daniel M. Lavery to readers of both The Toast and the bestselling debut Texts from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250113423
• ISBN13: 9781250113429
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Meh

I’ve read a lot of horror and fairytale retelling in my day and this one is just meh. Needlessly long winded and the pacing of the stories was really slow. With so many other anthologies out there I wish I hadn’t wasted my time.