Phantasma
Kaylie Smith, 2024
A young woman enters a haunted-house competition to save her sister, and the house — and its phantom — want something back.
Kaylie Smith
The title comes from the Greek phantasma, 'apparition', from phainein, 'to make visible' — the same root as 'fantasy' and 'fancy'.
Feels like longing, love and dread.
What tenderness looks like after it has learned to bite back.
Soft hearts don’t survive here.” “What kinds of hearts do?” He leaned down until their eyes were level. “Hearts with teeth.” He reached out and gently gripped her chin in his hand, rubbing the pad of his thumb across her full, bottom lip. She was frozen in place. “C’mon, angel, show me your teeth. Books by Kaylie Smith
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