In the world of impossible beauty standards reaching for artificially sculpted perfection, it’s time for the famous conventionally unattractive fairy tale monster to shine! Here comes Babaroga, crawling out of her cave, among the pages of this book, and on the cover we’re revealing today!
The cover of this debut horror novella by Ivana Geček is the work of our dear cover artist Antonio Filipović.
How do we see ourselves; what changes, if any, do we want to make to our faces and our bodies to fit in, and what does it all have to do with the creature known mostly for her horn and the habit of eating bad-behaving children? To answer all that, and more, you’ll have to pick up Bye-Bye, Babaroga, a modern-day sapphic horror about the cost of beauty, love, and belonging, spanning across centuries, out this September 26th, 2024!
Getting a job at a plastic surgery clinic working with a man everybody calls “Butcher” wasn’t bad enough for Kaja—she had to go and join the company’s team building in the remote woodlands of Kalnik, too. Pestered by the heavy rain and heavier fog, all the while navigating booze, hunting, and more unwanted advances from her straight colleagues than could fit into the lodge’s hot tub, Kaja has a personal nightmare to deal with as well—the one who has been haunting her ever since she was a child.
Inviting an old wives’ tale into a modern-day marketing plan as her final chance of making it in the clinic is only bound to make it worse.
Because Kaja’s nightmare visitor seems to have followed along, too… straight back to the place where the legend itself began, bathed in the blood of a long-forgotten tale of sacrifice and forbidden love.
It’s time for Babaroga to crawl out of her cave and set her story straight… so to speak.
Pre-order the ebook now! The paperback will be available on Amazon, September 26th 2024. Add it on Goodreads and Storygraph.
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