Meat

Meat will be published in The Monster Capital: Tales of Unease for our Times, by Comma Press, in autumn 2025.

Lily is an artist about to stage her first solo show in her husband, Lar’s gallery. Determined to make it a success, she decides to create living Memento mori sculptures featuring her husband’s lab-grown meat. But as the opening of the show is almost upon them, Lily will discover the consequences of her decision, and the dark secrets her husband has been keeping from her.

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