A Nest of Nightmares by Lisa Tuttle (1986)
4 out of 5 stars
This collection of thirteen short stories includes lots of interesting themes such as hopelessness, loneliness, isolation, existentialism, belonging, wish fulfilment. Most of the stories are female focused and relate to being a women, and involve relationships, motherhood, and family.
My favourites were:
Bug House - a great, creepy opening story about a woman who visits her aunt and finds the house and her aunt are not in great shape.
Community Property - a couple going through a divorce have to decide who gets to keep the dog that they both love.
Flying to Byzantium - a science-fiction author is invited to attend a convention to talk about her novel. She has spent years trying to escape her home town and the person she was and now that starts to unravel as she regresses from the new life she has struggled to create for herself.
The Other Mother - a mother of two young children is trying to get back into her art after years of putting it n the back burner. She sees a ghost which inspires her to start a new painting.
Sun City - a woman works a night shift at a hotel. She starts to have nightmares about a really disturbing incident that occurred some years ago.
The Nest - two sisters buy a house together and find something strange in the attic.
Overall it's an excellent collection of bleak and unsettling stories. I definitely recommend checking it out!
This collection of thirteen short stories includes lots of interesting themes such as hopelessness, loneliness, isolation, existentialism, belonging, wish fulfilment. Most of the stories are female focused and relate to being a women, and involve relationships, motherhood, and family.
My favourites were:
Bug House - a great, creepy opening story about a woman who visits her aunt and finds the house and her aunt are not in great shape.
Community Property - a couple going through a divorce have to decide who gets to keep the dog that they both love.
Flying to Byzantium - a science-fiction author is invited to attend a convention to talk about her novel. She has spent years trying to escape her home town and the person she was and now that starts to unravel as she regresses from the new life she has struggled to create for herself.
The Other Mother - a mother of two young children is trying to get back into her art after years of putting it n the back burner. She sees a ghost which inspires her to start a new painting.
Sun City - a woman works a night shift at a hotel. She starts to have nightmares about a really disturbing incident that occurred some years ago.
The Nest - two sisters buy a house together and find something strange in the attic.
Overall it's an excellent collection of bleak and unsettling stories. I definitely recommend checking it out!
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