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The Coiled Serpent

By: Camilla Grudova
Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins
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About this listen

A little girl throws up Gloria-Jean's teeth after an explosion at the custard factory; Pax, Alexander, and Angelo are hypnotically enthralled by a book that promises them enlightenment if they keep their semen inside their bodies; Victoria is sent to a cursed hotel for ailing girls when her period mysteriously stops. In a damp, putrid spa, the exploitative drudgery of work sparks revolt; in a Margate museum, the new Director curates a venomous garden for public consumption.

In Grudova's unforgettably surreal style, these stories expose the absurdities behind contemporary ideas of work, Britishness and art-making, to conjure a singular, startling strangeness that proves the deft skill of a writer at the top of her game.

©2023 Camilla Grudova (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd Anthologies & Short Stories Fiction Short Stories

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The narrator kept using different voices, but some of these didn’t seem to fit the story and some sounded like AI generated. The whole tone of this collection is a bit weird and gross.

This was just weird

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I was reading another book at the same time listen to the odd couple of stories together. They really are totally bonkers.

Totally Bonkers

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