![]() ![]() The story is told through Kara’s frank, somewhat confessional voice. Kara has this cool feature in abundance, and the reader is served a banquet of terror with a flourish. Her most vital trait, though is that all-important horror story impulse for a character to go just exactly where they shouldn’t. Kara: What makes Kara most endearing to me are her foibles, like how she cyberstalks her ex, which is disturbing, but also so very sad. What else can they do but go investigate? She and Simon try to repair it, but a sublime darkness slips through. The fun begins when she discovers a hole is punched in the wall. Her uncle decides to take care of a much-postponed back surgery, leaving Kara to mind the store. She even makes a friend, Simon, the gay barista from the coffee shop next door. Kara takes the new job by the horns and helps Earl to catalog his questionable collection. Faced with the prospect of returning to live with her mother, the 34-year-old is relieved when her Uncle Earl offers her a job and a spare room backstage at his Glory to God Museum of Natural Wonders, Curiosities, and Taxidermy of Hog Chapel, NC. The Setup: Kara, a recently divorced freelance graphic designer, needs a place to live, someplace affordable. ![]()
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