Horror
The Murders of Molly Southbourne
2017·128 pages
Whenever Molly bleeds, a murderous doppelgänger is born. A chilling body-horror novella about identity, survival, and self-destruction.
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Whenever Molly bleeds, a murderous doppelgänger is born. A chilling body-horror novella about identity, survival, and self-destruction.
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Experience the horror of Tade Thompson's The Murders of Molly Southbourne. A finalist for the 2017 BSFA Award, the 2017 Shirley Jackson Award. The rule is simple: don’t bleed. For as long as Molly Southbourne can remember, she’s been watching herself die. Whenever she bleeds, another molly is born, identical to her in every way and intent on her destruction. Molly knows every way to kill herself, but she also knows that as long as she survives she’ll be hunted. No matter how well she follows the...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Violence & gore
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Pervasive body horror; graphic murders of blood-born clones; heavy gore
Profanity
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Strong language and cursing appear in the narrative
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Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonic content present
Political content
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Identity and mental illness themes read as personal allegory
Self-harm / suicide
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Self-harm tied to premise; killing self-duplicates; existential despair
Abuse & suffering
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Child trained to kill doubles; parental death; isolation and control
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