The Tenderness of Wild Beasts

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All the chapters of my serialised novel, with their musical pairings

The Tenderness of Wild Beasts. It is a conversation. Between a daughter and her biological father. Between two people searching for the serial killer who has turned their lives and the lives of their loved ones upside down. Between two writers trying to find the words to exorcise themselves and reconnect. Their story begins in a fictional Californian town, Lucero, with the disappearance of two children during a wedding party. Who knows where it will lead them.

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Part I - The Daughter

Chapter 1 - No Good (Start the Dance)
Chapter 2 - There is a Town
Chapter 3 - Tear Down the House
Chapter 4 - Achin’ To Be
Chapter 5 - Run Cried the Crawling
Chapter 6 - Too Many Friends
Chapter 7 - Season of the Witch
Chapter 8 - Feast of Carrion

Part II - The Father

Chapter 9 - The Adults Are Talking
Chapter 10 - So You Say You Lost Your Baby