Little Mutilations: Three Body Horror Novellas (Dark Tide Horror Novellas)

Three Body Horror novellas by three Ladies of Horror."The Night Belongs to Us" by Jess Landry: When Laura arrives in an unfamiliar city in search of her missing mother, Mary, the last thing she expects to find is trouble-but after countless trips to different places to bring her addict mother home, she should expect nothing less. Laura discovers a hopeful saviour in Cee, a mysterious stranger who knows more about her mother than she lets on."Acid Bath" by Sofia Ajram: Best friends Priya and Luca strike it lucky when they are both found eligible to be healthy human subjects in a high-paying clinical trial. But as the weeks pass, bizarre side effects begin to kick in, and the two friends find themselves unable to reach the trial doctors. Worse yet, gruesome and deranged deaths are cropping up on the news featuring participants they recognize from the same trial. As rivalries and resentments bubble up, Priya and Luca must discover if there is something sinister lurking within the medication they've been taking that will tear their friendship apart before it all spirals out of control."Your Next Best American Girl" by Nadia Bulkin: All Veronica's ever wanted is to be crowned Miss Americana. When she wakes up with three strange sores on her arm, she thinks it's a problem for her dermatologist. But when the sores keep getting worse-deeper, bigger, all over-she realizes she's being sabotaged. Now Veronica needs to figure out who's responsible before she misses her shot at the crown or her body falls apart completely-whichever happens first.