{"title":"G. G. Silverman","description":"G.G. Silverman is a first-generation Italian-American writer. Her short fiction has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best American Short Fiction, and the O. Henry Prize, and has been adapted for short film with a Hollywood debut. Her work has also appeared in Bram Stoker Award-nominated Women in Horror anthologies, and has been a finalist for the Speculative Literature Foundation's Diverse Writers Grant, as well as the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund Award for feminist writing. The Blood Year Daughter, a finalist for numerous awards, is her debut short story collection.","products":[{"product_id":"the-blood-year-daughter-paperback","title":"The Blood Year Daughter - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn G.G. Silverman's debut fairytale-horror collection \u003ci\u003eThe Blood Year Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, a woman builds husbands out of gravel and slaughterhouse feathers, two sisters eat cinnamon-scented pieces of their mother, and a charming doctor's murdered brides whisper warnings to his newest wife.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSilverman's women and girls escape smiling captors, draw blood to curse their loved ones, and wield fear to defend themselves in post-apocalyptic worlds. They ignore the insults of rotting Elderwomen filled with flies, resist marriage proposals, and fill themselves--joyfully--with multitudes of snakes. They are murdered and choose to live again.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from folktales, Silverman's Italian roots, and killers both real and imagined, \u003ci\u003eThe Blood Year Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e's stories recall Kelly Link and Carmen Maria Machado. Spare and glittering as a spiderweb, sharp as a needle through a husband's nose, they establish G.G. Silverman as a formidable voice in feminist horror and magical realism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101863579871,"sku":"9781951971410","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/DRdySFdaaA9781951971410.webp?v=1781075786"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/g-g-silverman.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}