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A USA TODAY BESTSELLER • A Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy Award Finalist! • An Indie Next Pick! • An October LibraryReads Pick! • 2022 RUSA Reading List: Horror Winner!
Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale, steeped in Japanese folklore and full of devastating twists.
A Heian-era mansion stands abandoned, its foundations resting on the bones of a bride and its walls packed with the remains of the girls sacrificed to keep her company.
It’s the perfect venue for a group of thrill-seeking friends, brought back together to celebrate a wedding.
A night of food, drinks, and games quickly spirals into a nightmare as secrets get dragged out and relationships are tested.
But the house has secrets too. Lurking in the shadows is the ghost bride with a black smile and a hungry heart.
And she gets lonely down there in the dirt.
Effortlessly turning the classic haunted house story on its head, Nothing but Blackened Teeth is a sharp and devastating exploration of grief, the parasitic nature of relationships, and the consequences of our actions.
Also by Cassandra Khaw:
The Salt Grows Heavy
A Song for Quiet
Hammers on Bone
The Dead Take the A Train (co-written with Richard Kadrey)
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Genre: Horror
Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale, steeped in Japanese folklore and full of devastating twists.
A Heian-era mansion stands abandoned, its foundations resting on the bones of a bride and its walls packed with the remains of the girls sacrificed to keep her company.
It’s the perfect venue for a group of thrill-seeking friends, brought back together to celebrate a wedding.
A night of food, drinks, and games quickly spirals into a nightmare as secrets get dragged out and relationships are tested.
But the house has secrets too. Lurking in the shadows is the ghost bride with a black smile and a hungry heart.
And she gets lonely down there in the dirt.
Effortlessly turning the classic haunted house story on its head, Nothing but Blackened Teeth is a sharp and devastating exploration of grief, the parasitic nature of relationships, and the consequences of our actions.
Also by Cassandra Khaw:
The Salt Grows Heavy
A Song for Quiet
Hammers on Bone
The Dead Take the A Train (co-written with Richard Kadrey)
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Genre: Horror
Praise for this book
"What with poisonous relationships, parasite houses, and ghost brides, Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a really bad idea for a wedding, and a really great idea for a nightmare on the page. This book is so magnificently rotten it writhes with literary maggots, and deserves a place of honor among its peers in horror." - C S E Cooney
"A deft and creepy haunted house story, written in a lyrical style that heightens the disorienting, phantasmagoric nature of the tale. Nothing But Blackened Teeth is the kind of story you lose sleep over." - Brian Evenson
"Reading Cassandra Khaw is akin to watching a nightmare ballet, full of beauty and elegance, pain and fragility, and breathless terror. 'Nothing but Blackened Teeth' is mesmerizing. Don't miss it!" - Christopher Golden
"Khaw is a prose wizard who has quickly become an autobuy for me. This story of a wedding at a malevolent manor is as unexpected and delightful as her poetic approach to horror, and I loved every sharp, delicious twist of it." - Kevin Hearne
"Brutally delicious! Khaw is a master of teasing your senses, and then terrorizing them!" - N K Jemisin
"Khaw is always compulsively readable. This was a wonderful haunted house story, modern characterizations in compelling tension with a lyrically beautiful ancient Japanese residence." - Kij Johnson
"This is 'Hill House' for this century, this is Belasco House with people we've known since third grade, and it's got a smile so wicked you might just have to grin along with it. I know I did." - Stephen Graham Jones
"Khaw's tale seems to come at you straight, setting up your story expectations, but then twists the knife at the last minute, leaving you reeling, but wanting more." - Richard Kadrey
"Delicate and disgusting...Each page holds an image more finely drawn and disturbing than the last." - T Kingfisher
"This is a glorious poem, a slow motion collapse leading to the inevitable haunting. It is beautiful and it is brutal and it is heartbroken. Absolutely recommended." - Seanan McGuire
"Khaw's got a sterling premise, enduring lore, and the fresh talent to voice it." - Josh Malerman
"This book burns and crackles and slithers, its prose as beautiful and deadly as its horror. Cassandra Khaw is a master of the terrifying tale." - Sam J Miller
"Imagine chucking House on Haunted Hill, Japanese folklore, Clive Barker, and Kathy Acker into a literary blender. Nothing But Blackened Teeth reads like the ghost punk noir you never knew you needed. It's sharp, playful, and nasty as hell." - Paul Tremblay
"A deft and creepy haunted house story, written in a lyrical style that heightens the disorienting, phantasmagoric nature of the tale. Nothing But Blackened Teeth is the kind of story you lose sleep over." - Brian Evenson
"Reading Cassandra Khaw is akin to watching a nightmare ballet, full of beauty and elegance, pain and fragility, and breathless terror. 'Nothing but Blackened Teeth' is mesmerizing. Don't miss it!" - Christopher Golden
"Khaw is a prose wizard who has quickly become an autobuy for me. This story of a wedding at a malevolent manor is as unexpected and delightful as her poetic approach to horror, and I loved every sharp, delicious twist of it." - Kevin Hearne
"Brutally delicious! Khaw is a master of teasing your senses, and then terrorizing them!" - N K Jemisin
"Khaw is always compulsively readable. This was a wonderful haunted house story, modern characterizations in compelling tension with a lyrically beautiful ancient Japanese residence." - Kij Johnson
"This is 'Hill House' for this century, this is Belasco House with people we've known since third grade, and it's got a smile so wicked you might just have to grin along with it. I know I did." - Stephen Graham Jones
"Khaw's tale seems to come at you straight, setting up your story expectations, but then twists the knife at the last minute, leaving you reeling, but wanting more." - Richard Kadrey
"Delicate and disgusting...Each page holds an image more finely drawn and disturbing than the last." - T Kingfisher
"This is a glorious poem, a slow motion collapse leading to the inevitable haunting. It is beautiful and it is brutal and it is heartbroken. Absolutely recommended." - Seanan McGuire
"Khaw's got a sterling premise, enduring lore, and the fresh talent to voice it." - Josh Malerman
"This book burns and crackles and slithers, its prose as beautiful and deadly as its horror. Cassandra Khaw is a master of the terrifying tale." - Sam J Miller
"Imagine chucking House on Haunted Hill, Japanese folklore, Clive Barker, and Kathy Acker into a literary blender. Nothing But Blackened Teeth reads like the ghost punk noir you never knew you needed. It's sharp, playful, and nasty as hell." - Paul Tremblay
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