Announcing THE BEAST YOU ARE by Paul Tremblay

SST Publications recently announced a signed limited edition of Paul Tremblay’s The Beast You Are, which may well be one of the landmark collections of the 21^st century.

Don't miss the three starred reviews the collection received, excerpted below.

Important: This edition contains a BONUS story not in any other edition.

“A wonderful collection of short fiction. These 15 gems, polished to perfection, range from straight-up horror to speculative fiction to psychological terror....This one’s a must-have.”

—Booklist (starred review)

Paul Tremblay has won widespread acclaim for illuminating the dark horrors of the mind in novels and stories that push the boundaries of storytelling itself. The fifteen pieces in this brilliant collection, The Beast You Are, are all monsters of a kind, ready to loudly (and lovingly) smash through your head and into your heart.

In “The Dead Thing,” a middle-schooler struggles to deal with the aftermath of her parents’ substance addictions and split. One day, her little brother claims he found a shoebox with “the dead thing” inside. He won’t show it to her and he won’t let the box out of his sight. In “The Last Conversation,” a person wakes in a sterile, white room and begins to receive instructions via intercom from a woman named Anne. When they are finally allowed to leave the room to complete a task, what they find is as shocking as it is heartbreaking.

The title novella, “The Beast You Are,” is a mini epic in which the destinies and secrets of a village, a dog, and a cat are intertwined with a giant monster that returns to wreak havoc every thirty years.

A masterpiece of literary horror and psychological suspense, The Beast You Are is a fearlessly imagined collection from one of the most electrifying and innovative writers working today.

Signed Limited Hardcover Edition:

• Limited to only 500 signed and hand-numbered copies
• Personally signed by Paul Tremblay on a specially designed full-colour illustrated signature page
• Larger 6.14” x 9.21” trim size
• Printed on a heavier 100gsm acid-free paper
• Bound in premium cloth with coloured head and tail bands
• Hot foil stamping on the front boards and spine
• Offset printed and bound with full-colour endpapers
• Sewn binding for increased durability
• Ribbon page marker
• Main dust jacket artwork by Vincent Sammy
• Reverse dust jacket artwork by Daniele Serra
• Featuring six interior illustrations by Vincent Sammy
• Including a BONUS story not published in other editions

From Publishers Weekly (Starred Review):

“These 15 invigorating horror shorts from Tremblay (The Pallbearer’s Club) showcase the author’s imagination and versatility... Whether he’s writing a subtly disarming tale in the manner of Shirley Jackson (“The Party”) or a grisly monster story (“The Large Man”), Tremblay draws well-developed characters whose recognizable humanity makes it easy for readers to accept the weird events happening around them. This will be a smash with horror fans.”

From Booklist (Starred Review):

“These 15 gems, polished to perfection, range from straight-up horror to speculative fiction to psychological terror. Some of the stories conceal their purpose for most of their duration (in “The Last Conversation,” for example, a man in a room converses with a woman via intercom); others leap right in (“Mostly Size” opens with a giant monster terrorizing a city).”

From Library Journal (Starred Review):

“Every story, no matter the specific details, will break readers’ hearts but ultimately leave them with hope. The titular new novella which anchors this volume is a great example, subtly nestled into his A Head Full of Ghosts universe; Tremblay presents an unsettling, anthropomorphic animal story told in free verse—a captivating, visceral, and menacing tale that, while fantastical, is also clearly about humanity right at this moment.”