Another factual element of this story is teeth blackening.
The activity that seems to upset the ghost of this story’s manor is a happy couple getting married, like the young bride never managed to do. The characters in Nothing But Blackened Teeth even reference a real-world example: Matsue Castle, said to have involved the sacrifice of a young maiden whose ghost makes the castle walls tremble if anyone dares to engage in her once-favorite activity-dancing-in its vicinity. The practice is called hitobashira, and it was thought to protect the structure from natural disasters or enemy attacks. The scariest parts of this horror story are based in reality: Japan really does have a history of burying people alive beneath the foundations of buildings or other large structures like dams and bridges. If Cat and her friends aren’t careful, they could easily become just another part of this local legend. Each year, another girl joins her beneath the walls to assuage the cold and loneliness. Legend has it that a young bride was buried alive in the foundations of this Japanese mansion, waiting for her groom who never came. The group is divided by secrets and insecurities-and the ghosts of this house want to drag them even further apart. When the gang gets back together for one last haunted house to celebrate Faiz and Talia’s nuptials, something isn’t right. But something changed they grew apart and lived their own lives while Cat was left to wallow in her worsening mental health. Once upon a time, Philip, Lin, Faiz, and Talia were her best friends-always seeking thrills together by chasing down ghosts and cavorting in abandoned buildings. If you’re looking for a horror story to eat like candy on Halloween, grab Nothing But Blackened Teeth when it comes out next Tuesday, October 19.Ĭat pretty quickly gets the feeling that coming to the manor was a mistake. And then I devoured this bite-size novella in just a few sittings. I had the pleasure of interviewing Khaw last month to get their thoughts on haunted houses and the horror genre. “It gets lonely down in the dirt….” Five young adults make the mistake of partying in a haunted, Heian-era manor in Cassandra Khaw’s hotly anticipated horror novella Nothing But Blackened Teeth.
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