The Doll Funeral
About this book
My name is Ruby. I live with Barbara and Mick. They're not my real parents, but they tell me what to do, and what to say. I'm supposed to say that the bruises on my arms and the black eye came from falling down the stairs.
But there are things I won't say. I won't tell them I'm going to hunt for my real parents. I don't say a word about Shadow, who sits on the stairs, or the Wasp Lady I saw on the way to bed.
I did tell Mick that I saw the woman in the buttercup dress, hanging upside down from her seat belt deep in the forest at the back of our house. I told him I saw death crawl out of her. He said he'd give me a medal for lying.
I wasn't lying. I'm a hunter for lost souls and I'm going to be with my real family. And I'm not going to let Mick stop me.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Landing Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- 1: CAKE
- 2
- 3: MADE FLESH
- 4: MONSTER
- 5
- 6: THE SHIRT
- 7: SHADOW
- 8: THE YELLOW DRESS
- 9: SHADOW
- 10: THE WRATH TO COME
- 11
- 12: THE DAY OF SUGAR
- 13: BRIGHT THINGS
- 14
- 15: THE MILK MIRROR
- 16: WINTER
- 17
- 18: THE HOLLOW TREE
- 19: SHADOW
- 20: SWEET PEA
- 21
- 22: RETURN
- 23: THIEF
- 24: THE LEAVING
- 25: BIRD
- 26
- 27: RABBIT HOLE
- 28: SHADOW
- 29: GREEN MAN
- 30
- 31: THE BAD FARMERS
- 32: WORM
- 33: SECRETS
- 34
- 35: SNOW
- 36: COLD
- 37
- 38: THE HUNGER
- 39
- 40: BONFIRE
- 41
- 42: THE CHRYSALIS
- 43: SANDPIT
- 44: BURIAL
- 45
- 46: RETURN
- 47: SLUT’S WOOL
- 48
- 49: THE EVIL BOOK
- 50: THE PROMISE
- 51
- 52: THE HOUR OF THE WOLF
- 53: THE TREE OF LIFE
- 54
- 55: THE HAND
- 56: THE BIRDCAGE VEIL
- 57: SHADOW
- 58: THE BURNING
- 59: CAT TONGUE
- 60: THE OTHERS
- 61: MUD MOUTH
- 62: COIN
- 63: CHAPEL
- 64: CHRISTMAS ROSE
- 65: FIRE
- 66: THE DOLL FUNERAL
- 67: AFTERLIFE
- 68: ELIZABETH
- 69: THE BROKEN EYE
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- By the Same Author
- Copyright
