to make monsters out of girls

"What happens when the man of your dreams turns out to be a nightmare with sharp teeth and claws?"

Winner of the 2016 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Poetry, amanda lovelace presents her new illustrated duology, “things that h(a)unt.” In this first installment, to make monsters out of girls, lovelace explores the memory of being in an abusive relationship. She poses the eternal question: Can you heal once you’ve been marked by a monster, or will the sun always sting?

• the mermaid's voice returns in this one
• the witch doesn't burn in this one
• Slay Those Dragons: A Journal for Writing Your Own Story
• to drink coffee with a ghost
• Disconnected: Poems & Stories of Connection and Otherwise
• Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul
• I hope this reaches her in time
• Dear Midnight
• Pillow Thoughts
• The Dark Between Stars: Poems