“Sian Hughes’ delightful imagination and technical talent makes each story a unique treat.”
– Boyd Clack –
– Boyd Clack –Creator of High Hopes and Satellite City
“Sian Hughes is an immaculate stylist, and Pain Sluts is one exquisite and harrowing revelation after another. In this magnificent collection, Hughes claims a darkly radiant fictional territory that is all her own.”
– Anthony Trevelyan –
– Anthony Trevelyan –Author of The Weightless World
Longlisted for the 2016 Desmond Elliott Prize
“In this wonderfully visceral collection, with its echoes of AM Homes and the early transgressive short stories of Ian McEwan, Sian Hughes has fashioned her own brand of distinctly South Walian Gothic, full of bodies and their bloody mysteries, people and their hidden perverse selves.”
– Jo
