Cut to Care: A Collection of Little Hurts

An agency that sends social workers into the homes of grieving families to impersonate dead loved ones... The kind old woman who saved a teenager's life but now finds herself haunted by the weight of a cheated suicide... And the daughter of a candlestick maker as she tries to survive a painful existence after her father's execution for making human chandeliers of drunken cowboys... These stories and more-ranging from supernatural to the frighteningly domestic, Splatterpunk to the weird and cosmic-stain the pages of Cut to Care: A Collection of Little Hurts by Aaron Dries. They serve as a timely reminder of the cost of caring too much. Or not caring enough. Of how we mask cruelties behind kindness. And of our willingness to rip ourselves apart in the hope of satisfying a world that doesn't always care for you back. Featuring an exclusive introduction by Mick Garris, creator of Masters of Horror and director of Stephen King's The Stand, this unforgettable collection truly cuts deep.

Kaaron Warren, award-winning author of The Grief Hole

"Aaron Dries is a powerhouse in horror fiction."

Attack of the Queerwolf! Podcast

"If you love horror in its purest, most elemental state, you'll love his work."

Alan Baxter, award-winning author of The Gulp

"Aaron Dries writes horror that lodges in your gut and heart like shards of glass."

J. Ashley-Smith, award-winning author of The Attic Tragedy

"An artist who paints with gore and splintered bone richly emotive portraits of trauma and personal tragedy."

Dread Central

“Prepare to be blown away.”

Mark Allan Gunnells, author of Asylum and Companions in Ruin

"Aaron Dries is a master of emotional horror."

Aurealis Magazine

"Perfect for those who relish well-written horror with perfect pacing and ingenious twists."

Brian Keene, award-winning author of The Rising

"Dries leads a new generation of Splatterpunk for a new dark age."

About the Author

Author, artist, and filmmaker, Aaron Dries was born and raised in New South Wales, Australia. His novels include the award-winning House of Sighs, The Fallen Boys, A Place for Sinners, Where the Dead Go to Die (with Mark Allan Gunnells), and the novellas The Sound of his Bones Breaking, And the Night Growled Back, and the highly acclaimed Dirty Heads. Cut to Care, released in 2022, is his first collection of short stories. Aaron Dries is one host of the popular podcast, Let the Cat In, also co-founded Elsewhere Productions, and is a member of both the Australasian Horror Writers Association and

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