Thin Places Stories
Thin Places Stories by Kay Chronister is a gothic and atmospheric collection published by Catapult on October 7, 2025. This edition features 272 pages and includes four additional stories, expanding on the author’s exploration of the strange and supernatural. The narratives delve into unsettling scenarios, such as a menacing hotel proprietor, a composer in a village of soundless songs, and four women conjuring children from unconventional materials, all set against haunting backdrops.
Readers will encounter a tapestry of themes including family life, horror, and the complexities of existence on the fringes of reality. The fifteen stories highlight the lives of powerful women, children, and eerie communities, weaving together elements of love, grief, and the uncanny. This collection invites readers to experience Chronister’s unique vision, making it a notable addition to the realms of literature and fiction.
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A finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award, Thin Places is a gothic and atmospheric collection from the national bestselling author of The Bog Wife. This beautiful reissue includes four additional stories.
A not-quite-human proprietor menaces guests at a hotel on the edge of a swamp. A composer visits a remote Slavic village where villagers perform soundless songs that accompany violent sacrifices. Four reclusive women conjour children out of unconventional materials in an unnerving mansion. The arrival of a lighthouse-keeper’s daughter portends disaster for an insular island community with bizarre traditions.
With transcendent prose that celebrates her hypnotic and humane vision of the strange and supernatural, Kay Chronister weaves a dark tapestry of love, grief, death, and the exquisite pain and joy of life on the periphery of the familiar. The fifteen stories collected here, chronicle the lives of powerful women and children, wicked witches and demons, cursed artists and overlooked communities. Thin Places is a perfect companion to Chronister’s national bestselling novel The Bog Wife and ideally suited for readers of Shirley Jackson and Carmen Maria Machado.
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