VÅRAN HUD, VÅRAT BLOD, VÅRA BEN – OUR SKIN, OUR BLOOD, OUR BONES
By John Ajvide Lindqvist
NIGHT AFTER NIGHT a child waits at the berth of the Finland ferry, staring out at the sea. A lorry driver with a bloody secret picks up a hitch-hiker with suspiciously little luggage. A young couple get the chance to buy a house at a very low price due to “special circumstances”.
OUR SKIN, OUR BLOOD, OUR BONES is a collection of horror stories in the unmistakable style of John Ajvide Lindqvist, that take place in contemporary Sweden, just outside our field of vision. We get to meet a number of both common as well as more unusual creatures such as ghosts, vampires, werewolves, pixies, zombies and a sea monster.
THE TITLE STORY which was nominated for the British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story is, according to John Ajvide Lindqvist, the most frightening story he has ever written.
ABOUT THE BOOK
First published by Ordfront, Sweden 2016
RIGHTS SOLD TO
Sweden, Ordfront
REVIEWS
[The short stories are] difficult to ever forget and are considered representatives of the international, historical, upper echelons of the horror canon.
– Dagens Nyheter
Horror is about saying and showing as little as possible, and [here] John Ajvide Lindqvist demonstrates his mastery. […] He has style when he dares to let his prose be as tight, concise and precise as a small knock from the basement.
– Sveriges Radio
Ajvide Lindqvist has a Tranströmer-esque feel for immediately convincing images. […] The supernatural elements are not tacked on, they rise from the ground in the environments he writes about. This makes him more than a horror writer: he becomes an unrivalled chronicler of Sweden.
– Svenska Dagbladet
Each story is more eerie than the last. An incredibly exciting and pulse-raising book that I can recommend. Read it if you dare!
– Damernas Värld
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