num_pages: 249
description: This two-novella collection twists together the beauty and horror underlying the seeming simplicity of small town life.Sally Ann is a bright and bubbling farm girl, still caught in the thrill of a brand-new husband and a shining future ahead. When a careless exploration leaves her trapped underground, she learns to live again in the absence of everything she once knew. Even driven by love and light, Sally Ann finds the deepest darkness within herself in When Darkness Loves Us.Beauty Is... - Old Martha Mannes has been a part of Morgan, Illinois since her birth. The whole town knows her as the dim-witted woman who was born without a nose, but Martha's mind wasn't always a blank slate. Unlocking the monster buried deep in her memories may bring back the sparkling child she once was... or it may send those around her crashing down into the nightmares of a little girl gone wrong.
language: English
title: When Darkness Loves Us: Two Chilling Tales
titlecomplete: When Darkness Loves Us: Two Chilling Tales
genres: Fiction, American, Dark, Gothic, Short Stories, Horror, Adult, Classics, Novella, Audiobook
ratings_count: 1470
series: Paperbacks from Hell
publisher: William Morrow & Co