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Burials

Jessica Drake-Thomas author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Clash Books

Published:19th Nov '20

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What is buried can return. 

Those who are dead can still speak. A witch can be burned, but not silenced. When the abattoir is opened, the dead will rise. Burials is the narrative of those whose voices have been taken away— murdered women, witches, ghosts. It’s about speaking one’s truth, and using magic to heal or to banish, even from beyond the grave.

“With dark, romantic language, vengeful love spells, and the ghosts of old Salem wandering lost among the brittle paper, Burials is a haunting your soul won’t soon forget.” – Mela Blust, author of Skeleton Parade  

 “Burials is at times fierce and at others keening, but most often it is both at once. Jessica Drake-Thomas writes macabre love poems with the dazzlingly morbid whimsy of a young Morticia Addams driving her 'hearse in seafoam green,' seeking her Gomez in this sad, lonely world. 'I have learned that / love is cheap here, / and something is important / about the idea of

ISBN: 9781944866723

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Weight: unknown

90 pages