The Lies of Tenderness [Hardcover] by Stephen Volk

A COLLECTION by Stephen Volk
CATEGORY Horror
PUBLICATION DATE May 2022
INTRODUCTION Priya Sharma
COVER ART Pedro Marques
PAGES 482

EDITIONS 
Unsigned Jacketed Hardcover — ISBN  978-1-78636-849-2
 

ABOUT THE BOOK

A woman parks her car outside a fateful, familiar motel. The last giant of Albion finds connection with a soul not long for this world. A lightning-struck man seeks meaning for his longing and loss.

In this new, startlingly wide-ranging collection, Stephen Volk explores hidden truths and secret wishes, deceit and delusion, the paths not taken, and the pang of dreams unrealised. Proof once again he is “once of the most provocative and unsettling of contemporary writers” – with seventeen tales that break boundaries, and will break your heart.

CONTENTS

• Introduction by Priya Sharma
• The Holocaust Crasher
• The Airport Gorilla
• The House That Moved Next Door
• Unchain the Beast
• Outside of Truth or Consequences
• The Little Gift
• The Black Cat
• Beat the Card Home
• Vardøger
• A Meeting at Knossos
• Sicko
• The Naughty Step
• Adventurous
• The Flickering Light
• Bad Language
• Agog
• Orr
• Story Notes & Acknowledgements