Tráva – Anya Martin (2021)

Sheila never wanted to see her ex-husband again, so she was unpleasantly surprised when he crashed his plane into the swamps in southern Georgia and she had to go identify him. Even more surprising was what she brought back from the morgue. Anya Martin has contributed stories to many foreign anthologies, and Grass then became her first standalone publication. You are in for a truly special story about a bizarre swamp love, loss, sex, and death. -------------- Anya Martin is one of the more original and imaginative authors of the current wave of dark literature, telling stories that blend dark erotica with the strange and surreal. These are stories that will wound you and yet seduce you, leaving you breathless with horror and wonder, craving more. – Livia Llewellyn, author of the novella The One Who Goes First Darkly provocative, this story is interwoven with undercurrents of painfully seductive erotica and temptation that cloud the threads of horror. – Shane Douglas Keene, This Is Horror I believe I am not mistaken when I label Grass as a sort of cross between Swamp Thing – which it even references – The Shape of Water, and Solaris by Stanisław Lem. You might find this shocking, but Anya Martin utilizes all these influences to tell a story about loneliness and depression from...