Desert Creatures

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“A scintillating first novel.” Brian Evenson, winner of the World Fantasy and Shirley Jackson Awards

“An unforgettable feat of worldbuilding.” Ally Wilkes

“Beautifully and disturbingly told, devastating and astonishing in equal measure.” A. G. Slatter

“A visionary novel that shimmers effortlessly between genres; a Canterbury Tales for the apocalypse.” Una McCormack

An unknown devastation has swept across the United States, a sickness causes the dead to flower and sprout fruit, and the promise of miracles draws pilgrims from all over to the Holy City of Las Vegas.

Magdala and her father flee their home in the Sonoran Desert, setting out across the wasteland in search of a cure for her disability. As they pass through blasted cities and ruined towns, they are forced to join with a group of survivors making their own pilgrimage.

But the road to Las Vegas is filled with danger, strange cults occupying the wreckage of towns, and uncanny stuffed men roaming the desert.

As a strange sickness begins to take hold, the band of survivors grows ever thinner, and months turn to years. Magdala finds herself placing her trust in the most unlikely of places, and the closer she gets to her holy destination, the further from salvation she seems.