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Lou did what the children of parents with back-breaking, poor paying jobs are supposed to do: pulled up her bootstraps, went to college, and got an office job with coworkers who won't stop talking about their multi-level marketing scheme disguised as self-betterment. Determined to lift her ill mother out of poverty before it's too late, and in the spirit of climbing the corporate ladder, Lou accepts an assignment in the rural hills of Ohio. She quickly finds herself stranded in the middle of nowhere with a sabotaged truck, a dog she's determined to keep safe, and something stalking her through the ancient Appalachian woods. If she can't escape the woods in time, she'll come face to face with the fact that her job isn't the only thing that wants to eat her alive. Morsel is a chilling testament to the burden of generational poverty and the all-consuming nature of capitalism, where the monster and the monstrous, in the end, are not the same.

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""Carter Keane writes folk horror for the class war, horror that turns every expectation on its head, horror that is going to stay on my mind. Morsel is just about as working class, punk rock, and entertaining as a story can get."" --Margaret Killjoy, author of The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion

""An absolute delight. I was holding my breath for Lou and Ripley the whole time. And that twist! Add this to your TBR right now."" --S.A. Barnes, author of Dead Silence ""Carter Keane writes folk horror for the class war, horror that turns every expectation on its head, horror that is going to stay on my mind. Morsel is just about as working class, punk rock, and entertaining as a story can get."" --Margaret Killjoy, author of The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion ""Morsel is a divinely dark tale about the dwindling space for humanity under capitalism. Rife with horrors both real and supernatural, Keane has crafted a gut-punch of a debut."" --Erin E. Adams, author of Jackal and One of You ""Equal parts folk horror and pyramid scheme...a propulsive read with complex, believable characters--and one very good dog. Keane has proven that the Ohio woods are supremely scary."" --Wendy N. Wagner, author of Girl in the Creek

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CARTER KEANE resides in and is inspired by the frequently odd and often horrifying state of Ohio. Keane writes books where the monster and the monstrous, in the end, are not the same. Morsel is their debut novella.

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