Love is a Crematorium, by Mercedes M Yardley
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  • Author: Mercedes M Yardley
  • Editor: Amber Hassler
  • Artist: Kealan Patrick Burke
  • Pub. Date: September 2024
  • ISBN: 978-1-58767-994-0
  • Status: In-Stock
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About the Book:

A woman builds her lover from carefully scavenged pieces and parts. A young girl is groomed for madness by one who loves her most. A neurodivergent boy organizes his life, and loss, by the ticking of a clock. And love can be the most splendid and destructive force in the entire world.

Love is a Crematorium and Other Tales is a collection of seventeen stories that are both bleak and beautiful, devastating and sweet. Enter the crematorium to experience grief, starlit nights, and gorgeous tragedy that make our souls burn from the inside out.


THIS TITLE WAS AWARDED THE STOKER AWARD FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A FICTION COLLECTION for 2024!!!!


Published as a trade paperback and ebook:
• Featuring FIVE additional pieces of interior artwork from a variety of artists, including Luke Spooner, Brian Demers... and the incredible Mercedes M Yardley herself!

• Featuring an introduction by Stoker Award-winning author Gabino Iglesias

• Retail price is $18.99



“Mercedes M. Yardley’s signature whimsical yet melancholy style is on full display in Love is a Crematorium and Other Tales—a beguiling collection that explores suffering, longing, vengeance, resilience, and love. These stories will delicately carve out your heart.” 

—Angela Sylvaine, author of Chopping Spree and The Dead Spot. 

"Love is a Crematorium is Mercedes doing what she does best: she lulls you in with sweet language and then wraps you in darkness both strange and beautiful. She doesn’t let go until you’ve been reduced to ashes. It’s a fantastic assemblage of tales that are raw wounds to lick and lament and dream about."

—John Boden, author of The Etiquette of Booby Traps


"Quite simply, Mercedes M. Yardley is one of the most powerful writers in horror today. This collection fuses magic, wonder, and hope with terror, darkness, and dread—every story a gem, every story a curse come home to roost."

—Richard Thomas, Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, and Thriller Award finalist


"In Love is a Crematorium, Mercedes M. Yardley masterfully blends the supernatural with the profoundly human. Each well-crafted story delves into dark, haunting themes of love, loss, and transformation, showcasing the delicate strength of the human spirit. With her signature ability to explore the macabre and the poignant, readers will rejoice in Yardley’s masterful storytelling."

—Martin Lastrapes, author of Grover Wilcox Goes to the Circus and Inside the Outside

"Love is a Crematorium is packed with stories that burrow under your skin from the first word and won’t come out until you’re finished. Maybe not even then. ” 
-Matt Betts, author of Gone Where the Goblins Go




Mercedes M. Yardley is a whimsical dark fantasist who wears red lipstick and poisonous flowers in her hair. She is the author of numerous works including Darling, the Stabby Award-winning Apocalyptic Montessa and Nuclear Lulu: A Tale of Atomic Love, Pretty Little Dead Girls, Detritus in Love, and Nameless. She won the Bram Stoker Award for her stories Little Dead Red and “Fracture," and was a nominee for "Loving You Darkly" and the Arterial Bloom anthology. Mercedes lives and works in Las Vegas. You can find her at mercedesmyardley.com.


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