Rating: 5 out of 5 Gwendolyn Kiste’s horror short story collection And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe is very intriguing and endlessly dark. There’s a woman who gives birth to birds. There are people who disappear, and society has…
Pros: Inexorable, bleak, and riveting Cons: Kind of slow Rating: 5 out of 5 Gwendolyn Kiste’s The Rust Maidens is a slow, lingering journey that’s equal parts bleak and riveting. Phoebe lives in Cleveland, in a neighborhood occupied by steel…