{"product_id":"bone-of-my-bone-9781464275517","title":"Bone of My Bone : A Chilling Queer Folk Horror Fantasy Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eUSA Today bestseller and Bram Stoker Award nominee Johanna van Veen unveils a sapphic folk horror tour de force—perfect for fans of The VVitch and The Salt Grows Heavy . A skull’s grin is eternal…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year is 1635.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSister Ursula, a young nun fleeing the ruins of her convent, and Elsebeth, a sharp-witted peasant, escape a band of marauding soldiers and disappear into the Bavarian forest. War scorches the land, and no one survives it alone. Amid the devastation, they find something in the arms of a dying man: the gilded skull of a saint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is said that if you reunite the saint’s skull with her body, a wish will be granted. Desperate for salvation, and each with secret desires of their own, Ursula and Elsebeth follow a ragged map across the blighted countryside. But darkness follows them. A necromancer, drawn to the relic’s power. The saint herself, whispering at night. And as the lines between blessing and curse blur, the women must face a harrowing truth: the magic they seek comes at a cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the journey’s end, they’ll face an impossible choice—one that could tear apart everything they know…or bind them to each other forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs beautiful and tender as it is dark and terrifying, Bone of My Bone showcases one of queer horror’s most exciting writers in her most chilling tale yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTropes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFolk Horror Fantasy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDark Fairytale\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSapphic Love\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorical Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSupernatural Books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLGBTQ+\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso by Johanna van Veen:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy Darling Dreadful Thing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlood on Her Tongue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Johanna van Veen\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eOf specific Gay \u0026amp; Lesbian interest, Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Horror \u0026amp; ghost stories, Fantasy\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 26 May 2026 by Sourcebooks, Inc.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Johanna van Veen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320443838842,"sku":"9781464275517","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781464275517.jpg?v=1790652947","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/bone-of-my-bone-9781464275517","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}