In these 12 short stories, scurrying insects and luminous jellyfish reveal a predatory world of childhood fairy tales, lurking shadows, and unrelenting fevers. Individuals are swallowed up by cities and bogs in a celebration of nature and humanity, in all their terrifying glory. Throughout, Clerson draws—and blurs—the lines between man and beast, life and death, as characters strive to see out the night.

David Clerson is a writer from Sherbrooke, Que. and currently lives in Montreal. His debut novel, Brothers, was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for translation.

Katia Grubisic is a writer, editor and translator. She also translated Clerson's Brothers.