In 1902, two young students, Flo and Clara, are students at The Brookhants. Plain Bad Heroines first caught my eye with that stunning and very eye-catching cover and the premise of a gothic horror really intrigued me too The story changes between 19. Even readers who aren’t fans of horror will appreciate this bighearted story. 6 Used from 11.70 10 New from 11.05 Audio CD 55.99. Danforth creates a fantastic sense of dread and champions queer female relationships throughout, delving into Libbie and Alex’s history and how their circumstances doomed them to their fate. It was also adapted into a Sundance award winning feature film of the same name in 2018. On set, though, there is very real evidence of haunting. Merritt has been asked to consult on the film, which features lesbian superstar Harper Harper and subpar but earnest Audrey Wells, who is told by the film’s director that the shoot, on location at Brookhants, will be rigged with spooky events to elicit genuine responses.

The dead students had been obsessed with MacLane’s memoir, in which the author invokes the devil to satisfy her desire for women. In the present, Merritt Emmons is reviewing the screenplay adaptation of her book about three students who died at Brookhants in 1902, two of whom were attacked by a swarm of wasps under the watch of principal Libbie Brookhants and her partner Alex Trills, who also met eerie, premature deaths. Danforth’s sumptuous sophomore novel (after The Miseducation of Cameron Post) chronicles the allegedly cursed 1902 memoir The Story of Mary MacLane and its link to the shuttered Brookhants School for Girls in Little Compton, R.I. Her bestselling book inspires a controversial horror film adaptation starring celebrity actor and lesbian it girl Harper Harper playing the ill-fated heroine.

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