Does the dog die?
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Ghost Summer: Stories
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In “Gracetown-Ghost Summer”: protagonist walks in on a dog’s funeral. In “Herd Immunity”: the setting is post-apocalyptic, and the protagonist encounters a parking lot full of abandoned cars, some of which have pets left to die in them
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Are animals abused?
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Ritual sacrifice of a cat attempted in “Trial Day”
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Is there a dead animal?
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In “Gracetown-Ghost Summer”: protagonist walks in on a dog’s funeral. The dead dog is seen next to the grave
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Does someone vomit?
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Towards the end of “Herd Immunity”
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Is someone tortured?
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Medical torture in “Carriers”
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Spoiler: towards the end of “Danger Word,” a character who was bitten by a zombie tries to shoot himself in the mouth before he turns, but he doesn’t succeed
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In “Like Daughter”
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Several of the stories do. It’s a horror anthology
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Not mutilation per se, but the main character in “The Lake” develops longer fingers and toes and webbing between them. More so body horror. Spoiler: in “Free Jim’s Mine,” a character’s pinky is amputated towards the end
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Is there blood/gore?
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Throughout
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Are any teeth damaged?
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In “Carriers” a medical professional strapped down and raped the protagonist. Later, he pulls a tooth out of her mouth as added torture
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Are there nude scenes?
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Spoiler: a teacher strips in front of students while preparing to swim in a lake in “The Lake”
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Is there cannibalism?
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In “Danger Word,” if you consider zombiesm to be cannibalism
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Hair removal is a theme in “Aftermoon”
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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In “The Lake,” “Like Daughter,” and “Herd Immunity”
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Are needles/syringes used?
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In “Patient Zero,” “Removal Order,” and “Carriers”
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Is someone buried alive?
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Speculated in “Ghost Summer”
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Is there amputation?
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In “Free Jim’s Mine”
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Is someone gaslighted?
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An element in several of the stories
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Is there a large age gap?
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“the Lake” is from the point of view of a child predator
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Does someone drown?
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In “Free Jim’s Mine”
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Does someone break a bone?
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Passing mention in “Danger Word”
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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A few times in “Ghost Summer”
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Is there gun violence?
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In “Danger Word,” “Removal Order,” “Herd Immunity,” and “Carriers”
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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In several of the stories
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Happens in “Ghost Summer,” “Danger Word,” “Removal Order,” and “Señora Suerte”
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Does a car crash?
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In “Danger Word,” “Señora Suerte,” and “Vanishings”
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Is someone stalked?
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Zombies follow people in “Danger Word”
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Does the black guy die first?
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Mixed: most of the stories in the anthology have mostly Black characters
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Does someone have cancer?
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In “Removal Order”
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Are there snakes?
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Mentioned in passing in a few stories, but not that much
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Are there abortions?
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Mentioned in “Like Daughter”
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Is someone possessed?
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Main theme in “Summer”
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Does someone have a stroke?
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In “Señora Suerte”
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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The whole Carriers section is about chronic, deadly illness
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Spoiler: this is the revelation in “Ghost Summer”
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Marijuana use mentioned in some stories
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Is there a shower scene?
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In “The Lake”
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Are there ghosts?
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In “Ghost Summer”
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Is someone homeless?
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In “Free Jim’s Mine” a main character is a runaway slave.” People are displace from homes throughout the Carriers stories
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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At the end of “Danger Word”
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Is a minor sexualized?
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“The Lake” is from the perspective of a sexual predator
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Most of “Patient Zero” takes place in a hospital setting
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Is there excessive gore?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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A character in “Señora Suerte” dies in his sleep when his oxygen tanks are disconnected
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Is someone burned alive?
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A barn is set on fire in “Ghost Summer,” but no person or animal is inside
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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A character in “Señora Suerte” dies in his sleep when his oxygen tanks are disconnected
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Does a parent die?
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A father dies in “Free Jim’s Mine,” a whole family except for one kid dies in “Patient Zero,” both parents and a grandparent die in “Danger Word,” a grandmother is murdered in “Removal Order,” a mother dies in “Señora Suerte,” and a father dies in “Vanishings”
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A big theme in “Like Daughter”
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Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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Not ridiculed exactly, but a grandfather tells his grandson to stop crying because it’s a survival situation in “Danger Word.” In context, I don’t think the grandfather would have been more accepting of crying if he had a granddaughter instead
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Does a pet die?
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In “Gracetown-Ghost Summer”: protagonist walks in on a pet dog’s funeral. The protagonist reflects on his pet rat’s death. I would skip “Trial Day” if cat death is particularly upsetting to you. The cat doesn’t die, but the protagonist attempts to sacrifice her pet cat with a knife. She doesn’t succeed, but does make it bleed, and there’s a big lead up to the ritual
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Does a cat die?
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I would skip “Trial Day” if cat death is particularly upsetting to you. The cat doesn’t die, but the protagonist attempts to sacrifice her pet cat with a knife. She doesn’t succeed, but does make it bleed, and there’s a big lead up to the ritual.
In “Removal Order,” the protagonist’s mother’s four cats are released and presumed dead. One shows up toward the end and is then released again.
In “Carriers,” wild cats threaten the protagonist’s livestock. The protagonist traps one and intends to shoot it, but then she lets it go
In “Removal Order,” the protagonist’s mother’s four cats are released and presumed dead. One shows up toward the end and is then released again.
In “Carriers,” wild cats threaten the protagonist’s livestock. The protagonist traps one and intends to shoot it, but then she lets it go
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In “The Lake,” the protagonist kills an alligator, hunting discussed in “Danger Word,” dead pets found in cars in “Herd Immunity,” a cat kills a chicken in “Carriers”
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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In “The Knowing”
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Is someone hit by a car?
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In “Danger Word,” a character runs over zombies
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Are there spiders?
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A spider lands on a protagonist’s hand in the story “Danger Word”
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