The Quiet Ways I Destroy You

Women are expected to suffer in silence. Throughout history, myriad weapons of oppression have been launched at their intelligence, sexuality, compassion, & strength. Still, they endure. And in secret, the sisterhood grows. While trauma transforms, love germinates, and hope expands their power, women everywhere are united by something deeper than blood, affection, or pain. Quiet as mycorrhizal fungi, immortal ink colonizes their roots, branching from the iconic characters of Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, & Marmee March and connecting them to a diverse web of women with appetites only destruction can quell. Paying homage to the 155th anniversary of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women," 2x Bram Stoker Award Nominee Jessica McHugh's "The Quiet Ways I Destroy You" examines Alcott's timeless literary brood through 155 pieces of cosmic horror blackout poetry and celebrates the unapologetic & ever-evolving symbiosis of sisterhood, feminine rage, and the joyful vengeance that spreads in women's whispers. Cover by Lynne Hansen Interior photography by B. Hill Saunders