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Blood and Smoke, Vinegar and Ashes

D. P. Watt

First published September 2018
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

"... follows a woman beseeched by her ex-husband to go to Poland and deal with the arrangements for his father's funeral. Once there, she discovers the deceased man's surprising obsession—considering his life as a practical, science-based individual—with apparent folk remedies and spells. With a foolish arrogance borne of understandable disbelief, she partakes, and sends herself spiraling into visions and obsessions of her own." —Paul Michaels

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2019 Shirley Jackson Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (5)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
September 2018 The Silent Garden: A Journal of Esoteric Fabulism Undertow Publications Anthology |1
November 2019 Petals and Violins: Fifteen Unsettling Tales Tartarus Press Collection
November 2019 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2019 Edition Prime Books Anthology 479
January 2020 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2019 Edition Prime Books Anthology
May 2022 Singing and Sighing Zagava Collection 93