Caution: Contains Small Parts (Twelve Planets Book 9)

An intimate, unsettling collection from award-winning author Kirstyn McDermott. A creepy wooden dog that refuses to play dead. A gifted crisis counsellor and the mysterious, melancholy girl she cannot seem to reach. A once-successful fantasy author whose life has become a horror story - now with added unicorns. An isolated woman whose obsession with sex dolls takes a harrowing, unexpected turn. Four stories that will haunt you long after their final pages are turned. ‘Kirstyn McDermott’s prose is darkly magical, insidious and insistent. Once her words get under your skin, they are there to stay.’ - Angela Slatter, British Fantasy Award-winning author of Sourdough and Other Stories ‘The supernatural lurks in the shadows of Kirstyn McDermott’s first collection, an ambiguous or mundane presence that keeps these four quasi-horror stories feeling palpably real ... McDermott’s poignant stories defy genre labelling, being primarily about damaged people seeking solace, escape, or meaning. The otherworldly merely gives them a chance to find it, and makes these unflinching but touching stories even more evocative and irresistible.’ - Aurealis, Issue 64 Table of Contents: Introduction by Kij Johnson What Amanda Wants Horn Caution: Contains Small Parts The Home for Broken Dolls Twelfth Planet Press is an independent publishing house challenging the status quo with books that interrogate, commentate and inspire. The Twelve Planets are twelve boutique collections by some of Australia’s finest short story writers. Varied across genre and style, each collection offers four short stories and a unique glimpse into worlds fashioned by some of our favourite storytellers. Each author has taken the brief of 4 stories and up to 40 000 words in their own direction. Some are quartet suites of linked stories. Others are tasters of the range and style of the writer. Each release is a standalone and brings something unexpected. The Twelve Planets Book 1: Nightsiders by Sue Isle Book 2: Love and Romanpunk by Tansy Rayner Roberts Book 3: Thief of Lives by Lucy Sussex Book 4: Bad Power by Deborah Biancotti Book 5: Showtime by Narrelle M Harris Book 6: Through Splintered Walls by Kaaron Warren Book 7: Cracklescape by Margo Lanagan Book 8: Asymmetry by Thoraiya Dyer Book 9: Caution Contains Small Parts by Kirstyn McDermott

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