๐๐ DEAD INK ADVENT DAY 7๐๐
Perhaps the most universally recognised seasonal tradition for the theme of day 7 of our
#12daysofbundles - it's Intergenerational Trauma, babey
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THE LOST ART OF SINKING ๐ซ by Naomi Booth is sensual, bleakly funny, and exquisitely written. A girl is obsessed with making herself pass out, compulsively pursuing the feverish dreamlike rush, as her mother, shut away in a bedroom upstairs, languishes, falling further and further out of time
LAMB ๐ฟ by Matt Hill utilises the pervasive nature of mould and moss to directly parallel the incessant nature of familial grief. A bit horror, a bit sci-fi, kind of Annihilation, kind of Frankenstein - Ken Loach's Akira, if you will
MONSTRILIO ๐ by Gerardo Sรกmano Cรณrdova begins with Magos, a grieving mother, carving open the chest of her dead son and taking a piece of his lung, from which she grows the carnivorous little monster Monstrilio. A creature the family valiantly wants to love - even if he does kee...