Overview
TWO LIVES, ONE FATE. After a tragic accident took the life of her brother Thomas, Eva is struggling to move on with her life, counting cracks in the ceiling and trying not to fall off the wagon. But when the deceased Thomas shows up one evening in Eva's apartment to tell her that she's the one who died, not him, reality begins to fracture. As the universe attempts to reconcile its cosmic mistake, the siblings must come to terms with a terrifying truth.
Full Product Details
Author: Emily Ruth Verona
Publisher: Dark Matter Ink
Imprint: Dark Matter Ink
Dimensions:
Width: 12.70cm
, Height: 0.70cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.132kg
ISBN: 9781958598931
ISBN 10: 1958598933
Pages: 124
Publication Date: 03 March 2026
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
""Starting with poignant explorations of grief and the difficult, dangerous tangle of love and frustration between siblings, tensions in Emily Ruth Verona's Shiva quickly ratchet to a white-knuckle, breath-stealing finish. I could not put this one down. A sharp and stunningly beautiful ghost story."" -Jaima Fixsen, USA Today-bestselling author of Specimen ""Shiva is a startling exploration of grief, guilt, and spite through reverie, body horror, and unreliable narrators, unpacking a complex sibling relationship centered around what has been left unfinished."" -Ai Jiang, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Linghun ""Verona is unflinching in her portrayal of a sibling bond battered and stretched to its limits by guilt, frustration, resentment, and all the ugliness that comes with love. Shiva is grief horror as vicious and heartbreaking as family itself."" -J. A. W. McCarthy, Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Award finalist, author of Sleep Alone ""Intricately nuanced and unflinching, Shiva is a compulsive read that portrays grief with startling honesty. Verona's storytelling cuts deep in her latest work, where compassion is brandished as the knife hidden behind your back."" -Grace R. Reynolds, Elgin Award-nominated author of The Lies We Weave and Neon Moon
Author Information
Emily Ruth Verona is the author of Midnight on Beacon Street. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing and Cinema Studies from the State University of New York at Purchase. She is a Pinch Literary Award winner, a Bram Stoker Awards(R) nominee, and a Rhysling Award Finalist. Her work has been featured in magazines and anthologies that include This Way Lies Madness, Under Her Skin, The Ghastling, The Jewish Book of Horror, Under Her Eye, Monstrous Futures, Monster Lairs, Strange Horizons, and Nightmare Magazine. She lives in New Jersey with a very small dog.
