About the Book
A Pretty Mouth consists of four short stories and a novella.
Re-Animator meets The Secret History in this Tale of Sex and Science
Henry Milliner thinks his days of being the school pariah are over forever
when he attracts the attention of Wadham College's coolest Fellow
Commoner, St John Clement, the Lord Calipash. St John is everything
Henry isn't: Brilliant, graceful, rich, universally respected. And as if that wasn't enough, St John is also the leader of the Blithe Company,
the clique of Natural Philosophy majors who rule Wadham with style. But
when being St John's protege ends up becoming a weirder experience than
Henry anticipated - and the Blithe Company doesn't quite turn out to be the decadent, debauched crew he dreamed of - Henry has some big
decisons to make. Should he beg the forgiveness of his only friend,
naive underclassman John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, or should he
ride it out with St John and try to come out on top?
Tangling
with a Calipash is an invariably risky endeavor. From antiquity to the
modern era, few who have encountered members of that family have
benefited from the acquaintance. If only Henry knew the that Calipashes
are notorious for their history of sinister schemes, lewd larks, and
eldritch experiments, he would realize there are way worse things than
being unpopular...
Contents:
- A Spotted Trouble at Dolor-on-the Downs
- The Hour of the Tortoise
- The Infernal History of the Ivybridge Twins
- A Pretty Mouth (a novella)
- Damnatio Memoriae
