Les Femmes Grotesques

Stories of women and monstrousness abound in Dalpe's debut short story collection. Visual, lush, and often haunting, Dalpe's work has a way of getting under your skin. Lovers of slow burns and new weird, Lovecraftian strangeness, gothic sensuality, and dark humor will all find something to connect with in Les Femmes Grotesques. Dalpe's prose seamlessly blends the ordinary with the strange, the gory with the gorgeous. Each story has an emotional core that will appeal to readers of all taste levels; Dalpe writes genre fiction that reaches readers who don't consider themselves "horror people." Lovers of urban fantasy, of literary short works, of contemporary women's fiction, and of classic Victorian gothic will all find something to enjoy in the works on show here. The collection provides a reader depths to explore as Dalpe deftly mines genres and styles for new and interesting narrative possibilities all while maintaining a strong thematic through-line.