7/8/2023 0 Comments Sundial by catriona ward![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() readers the chance to delve into the work that initially made her a name to watch in the world of horror fiction but to fully appreciate her remarkable range as an author.Ī Gothic period piece told across two timelines, the book explores similar themes to her other novels-family, trauma, and questions of science versus faith-but manages to still somehow feel like nothing we’ve read from her before. That it (finally!) arrives in America following the success of Ward’s other (excellent) recent efforts, The Last House on Needless Street and Sundial, not only allows U.S. in 2018, where it went on to win the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel. Little Eve was originally published in the U.K. Yet, her stories are still impossible to look away from, and the kind of propulsive reads that mean you’ll probably stay up well past your bedtime just to find out what happens next. Here in the heart of spooky season, it seems important to say: If you’re a fan of horror stories of any stripe and you’re somehow not reading Catriona Ward, please fix your life immediately.Ī master at crafting smart, twisty, and downright disturbing stories that are both psychologically rich and deeply emotional, Ward’s fiction often eschews many of the familiar tropes and tricks most frequently associated with the horror genre. ![]()
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