A Box at the Back of the Junk Shop

Odds and ends, curiosities, memories, and magic - all of these and more can be found in the back of the junk shop. There are ghosts around every corner, tales of cannibalism, revenants, and Bloody Mary - but there are also flashes of hope: the cry of a baby werewolf, the healing calm of a zen cat, the beauty of cicada song. In these new and selected poems and flash fiction stories, written between 2011 and 2023, Kate Garrett holds the overlooked, the eccentric, and the strange up to the light, blows off the dust, and gives them life.'Kate Garrett is a magician.' - Maggie Mackay

'A rare, magical being, and her writing takes us to the deep, ancient, and fun places within ourselves as well as the world.' - Cathy Thomas-Bryant

'Kate Garrett's poems are a doorway into a world of strangeness and magic that shimmers with the possibility of something just beyond the human eye.' - Steve Nash

'A new book from Kate Garrett is a wonderful treat to find. This is a collection to delve into and explore and enjoy discovering familiar and new treasure.' - Mi Brenton