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  Title

  The merry spinster : tales of everyday horror First edition.

  Author

  Lavery, Daniel M.,  

  Publisher:

  Henry Holt and Company,

  Pub date:

  2018.

  Description:

  190 pages ;

  ISBN:

  9781250113429

  Item info:

  3 copies currently available - Libbie Mill Library, Varina Library, and Fairfield Area Library.
  

  Number of holds:

  0

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  • Holdings
    Fairfield Area Library
    	Copy	Format	Location
    FICTION ORTBERG	1	Adult book	Adult fiction
    Libbie Mill Library
    	Copy	Format	Location
    FICTION ORTBERG	1	Adult book	Adult fiction
    Varina Library
    	Copy	Format	Location
    FICTION ORTBERG	1	Adult book	Adult fiction

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  The merry spinster : tales of everyday horror First edition.
  Lavery, Daniel M.,
  

  Personal Author:

  Lavery, Daniel M.,

  Uniform title:

  [Short stories. Selections]

  Title:

  The merry spinster : tales of everyday horror / Mallory Ortberg.

  Edition:

  First edition.

  Publication Info:

  New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2018.

  Physical descrip:

  190 pages ; 21 cm

  General Note:

  "A Holt paperback."

  Contents:

  1. Daughter cells -- 2. The thankless child -- 3. Fear not : an incident log -- 4. The six boy coffins -- 5. The rabbit -- 6. The merry spinster -- 7. The wedding party -- 8. Some of us had been threatening our friend Mr. Toad -- 9. Cast your bread upon the waters -- 10. The frog's princess -- 11. Good fences make good neighbors -- Sources and influences.

  Summary:

  "From Mallory Ortberg comes a collection of darkly mischievous stories based on classic fairy tales. Adapted from her beloved "Children's Stories Made Horrific" series, "The Merry Spinster" takes up the trademark wit that endeared Ortberg to readers of both The Toast and her best-selling debut Texts From Jane Eyre. The feature become among the most popular on the site, with each entry bringing in tens of thousands of views, as the stories proved a perfect vehicle for Ortberg's eye for deconstruction and destabilization. Sinister and inviting, familiar and alien all at the same time, The Merry Spinster updates traditional children's stories and fairy tales with elements of psychological horror, emotional clarity, and a keen sense of feminist mischief. Readers of The Toast will instantly recognize Ortberg's boisterous good humor and uber-nerd swagger: those new to Ortberg's oeuvre will delight in her unique spin on fiction, where something a bit mischievous and unsettling is always at work just beneath the surface"-- Provided by publisher.

  Held by:

  LIBBIEMILL VARINAAREA FAAREA

  Subject term:

  Horror tales, American.

  Subject term:

  Humorous stories, American.

  Subject term:

  Fairy tales--Adaptations.

  Genre index term:

  Adaptations lcgft

  Genre index term:

  Short stories. lcgft

  Genre index term:

  Horror fiction. lcgft

  Genre index term:

  Fairy tales. lcgft