Why are the boys not punished?
Ruth is home alone for the long, hot summer, studying to keep up her scholarship to the private high school she attends. But she’s not the only kid whiling away the days unsupervised, and the boys in her apartment complex have far different interests. And no one knows what lurks in the shadows of the laundry room.
At turns brutal and tender, In Her Mind a Darkness uses literary fantasy to perfectly capture that liminal space between child and adult, where imagination and reality can collide with devastating results. Set against the backdrop of a 1980s summer, the story recalls a time before the internet and cell phones changed the world—and how some things have stayed terribly the same.
This special edition hardcover is limited to 300 signed and numbered copies, and features cover art and interior illustrations by Alex Eckman-Lawn, cover design by Najla Qamber, printed endpapers, and story notes detailing the inspiration for Ruth’s tale.