Lady Bits

A troubled mother commits an unspeakable act to banish the demon that lurks in her root cellar. Ghosts from the past won’t release their hold on a young woman. A girl in search of a new job as a nanny finds herself in charge of a mysterious package that requires much more care than any child. Lady Bits collects sixteen tales from Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson award nominated author Kate Jonez that explores the horror nestled in the female heart. Vividly realized protagonists engage with an often-hostile world to deliver justice, lower a vengeance hammer, or to simply revel in evil. Prepare to be unsettled, disturbed, and terrified.

From the Inside Flap

"Do you think only women bleed? Think again. Try not to cut yourself on this sharp-edged, bloodthirsty collection." --Arinn Dembo, author of Monsoon and Other Stories "Kate Jonez is not your typical genre writer. I think she has more than a little in common with Janis Joplin singing the blues. You never just read or listen to either, you experience the story or song. There isn't a typical Kate story, but some share a few characteristics. The main character (narrator) is different, and often knows it, finds herself in an unbearable situation, and deals in more or less special ways. And always there is a literary rather than genre ending. Kate's stories do not just terminate. They have a slingshot effect, the reader realizing the story goes on past the last words. Kate is not just a writer for other writers to read, she is one to emulate. A rare voice."--Gene O'Neill, The White Plague Chronicles and Entangled Soul (with Chris Marrs)"Kate Jonez is one of the most innovative authors working in contemporary dark fiction today. She is more than horrific, speculative, or transgressive. She takes the heart, uncertainty, and longing that burns within us all and shows us the many ways that these emotions and actions can lead to our transcendence, or our demise. This is a powerful collection of truly original stories."--Richard Thomas, Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, and Thriller nominee

From the Back Cover

"Kate Jonez writes my favorite kind of horror: it's set in a world I recognize, full of women (and men) I know, and that makes the shocks even more disturbing... I've been a fan of her elegant, sly, dread-inducing, beautifully-crafted work for some time, and after reading this extraordinary collection I'm betting you will be, too." --Lisa Morton, six-time Bram Stoker Award-winner

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