2024 Ditmar Award for Best Novella or Novelette
2023 Aurealis Award for Best Horror Novella (nominee)
2023 Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novella (nominee)
The giant metal man has stood for hundreds of years, head tilted back, mouth open. All the dead of the town are disposed of this way, carried up the long, staircase that winds around him and tipped in. At his toe emerges the Bitters, the lifeblood of the town, keeping them healthy and prosperous as the sick and needy come to buy and drink.
McNubbin is a happy man with all he wants in life. He’s carried the bodies up since he was 14, a worthwhile, respected job. But when he notices broken girl after broken girl, he can’t stay quiet, and speaking up will change his perfect life.
"Well known in Australia for her critically acclaimed and compelling speculative fiction, Warren has written a must-read for fans of menacing, thought-provoking, horror-laced dystopias like Agustina Bazterrica’s Tender is the Flesh and Cherie Dimaline’s The Marrow Thieves." - Library Journal Starred Review
“With Bitters, one of fiction’s greatest voices outdoes herself, proving again that when it comes to stories that make your skin crawl, which literally sear themselves into your mind, Kaaron Warren is unmatched. The Man with its lifeblood bitters casts one hell of a shadow over the town, as does its author over the literary field. A deliciously horrific read.” - Aaron Dries, author of Cut to Care and Dirty Heads.
Genre: Science Fiction
McNubbin is a happy man with all he wants in life. He’s carried the bodies up since he was 14, a worthwhile, respected job. But when he notices broken girl after broken girl, he can’t stay quiet, and speaking up will change his perfect life.
"Well known in Australia for her critically acclaimed and compelling speculative fiction, Warren has written a must-read for fans of menacing, thought-provoking, horror-laced dystopias like Agustina Bazterrica’s Tender is the Flesh and Cherie Dimaline’s The Marrow Thieves." - Library Journal Starred Review
“With Bitters, one of fiction’s greatest voices outdoes herself, proving again that when it comes to stories that make your skin crawl, which literally sear themselves into your mind, Kaaron Warren is unmatched. The Man with its lifeblood bitters casts one hell of a shadow over the town, as does its author over the literary field. A deliciously horrific read.” - Aaron Dries, author of Cut to Care and Dirty Heads.
Genre: Science Fiction
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