num_pages: 167
description: Margo Lanagan's electrifying stories take place in worlds not quite our own, and yet each one illuminates what it is to be human. They are stories of yearning for more, and learning to live with what you have. Stories that show the imprint love leaves on us all.If you think you don't like short fiction, that a story can't have the depth or impact of a novel, then you haven't read Margo Lanagan. A writer this startling and this original doesn't come along very often. So for anyone who likes to be surprised, touched, unsettled, intrigued, or scared senseless, prepare to be dazzled by what a master storyteller can do in a few short pages.
language: English
title: Red Spikes
titlecomplete: Red Spikes
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Dark, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Anthologies, Teen, Horror, Young Adult, Fantasy
ratings_count: 781
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Collection, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Children's Book Council of Australia Award
category: Book of the Year: Older Readers
publisher: Alfred A. Knopf