with a taste for human flesh from the acclaimed author of Spare
and Found Parts and Other Words for Smoke.
During a grocery run to her local shopping center, Shell Pine sees a
‘HELP NEEDED’ sign in a flower shop window. She’s just left her
fiancé, lost her job, and moved home to her parents’ house. She has to
make a change and bring some good into her life, so she goes inside
and takes a chance. Shell realizes right away that flowers are just the
good thing she''s been looking for, as is Neve, the beautiful florist who
wrote the sign asking for help. The thing is, Neve needs help more
than Shell could possibly imagine.
An orchid growing out of sight in the heart of the mall is watching them
closely. His name is Baby, and the beautiful florist belongs to him. He’s
young, he’s hungry, and he’ll do just about anything to make sure he
can keep growing big and strong. Nothing he eats – nobody he eats –
can satisfy him, except the thing he most desires. Neve. He adores her
and wants to consume her, and will stop at nothing to eat the one he
loves.
This is a story about possession, and monstrosity, and working retail. It
is about hunger and desire, and other terrible things that grow.