A Song for Quiet

A Song for Quiet is a moving story of music, monsters and grief. --Victor LaValle, author of The Ballad of Black Tom

Khaw continues to demonstrate mastery of seductive short-form horror, juxtaposing the disgusting and relentlessly terrifying with moments of exquisite beauty in ways that make it impossible to look away. --Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Gritty, unflinching, and unexpected, A Song for Silence has an infectious Blues rhythm that's impossible to ignore." --Angela Slatter, World Fantasy Award-winning author of The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings

PRAISE FOR HAMMERS ON BONE

A glorious fusion of the classic noir detective thriller with Lovecraftian horror. Possibly the most promising horror debut of 2016, a suitable light in these dark times. --Charles Stross, author of the Laundry Files

Cassandra Khaw's explosive, evocative prose is a treat to read. Khaw's ability to transform the mundane into the deeply phantasmagorical is nothing short of magical. Prepare to take a long leap into the gory, the weird, and the fantastic in the hands of a fresh new voice in fiction. --Kameron Hurley, Hugo Award-winning author of Mirror Empire and The Geek Feminist Revolution

The drearily everyday is infused with Lovecraftian dread in a marvelously horrifying, tightly built novella that spins a satisfying tale while doing honor to both of its core sources. --Publishers Weekly, starred review

Khaw paints a bleak yet potent alternate reality in which monsters--friend or foe--are devastatingly real. Persons strikes a perfect antihero stance that is emotionally fragile despite his supernatural power. Hammers on Bone is a brilliant blend of two venerable genres as well as a deeply affecting tale on its own. --Shelf Awareness, starred review

Khaw has a definite flair for the grotesque. --RT Book Reviews

Sizzling prose over a steamy noir beat with horrific monstrosities throughout. A helluva read. --Daniel Jose Older, New York Times bestselling author of Shadowshaper and Midnight Taxi Tango

Hammers on Bone is a delectable surprise, a discomfiting nightmare in novella shape, its eyes looking back at you to ask: who are the real monsters, little reader? --Book Smugglers

Absolutely fantastic monsters-meet-gritty-noir story. --Mike Laidlaw, creative director for Dragon Age

"Atmospheric Lovecraftian noir with a really tremendous eye for detail... If you like Dashiel Hammett and Lovecraft, this is a very effective blend." --Aliette de Bodard, Nebula Award-winning author of The House of Shattered Wings

This is jolly good. You really ought to read this. --Jonathan L. Howard, author of the Johannes Cabal and Carter & Lovecraft series

So hardboiled you could crack demon heads with it, this twisting and turning Lovecraftian PI mystery is a delight. Cassandra Khaw -- fast becoming one of the hottest names in fantasy fiction -- has a light, assured touch and an inimitable style. I'll read anything they write. --Lavie Tidhar, World Fantasy Award-winning author of A Man Lies Dreaming and The Violent Century

Cassandra Khaw blows the dust off Lovecraft's prose to resurrect the Elder Gods in a white-hot, eyeball-popping adventure. --Ferrett Steinmetz, author of Flex

Khaw is one of the most exciting writers I've seen emerge in the past two years. [Hammers on Bone] is Lovecraftian in all the best ways. --Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of Certain Dark Things

One hell of a delicious, hardbitten, unflinching experience. --Alyssa Wong, Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning author of Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers