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Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2022

This excellent collection (What did I just read??) is gruesome and extreme, the kind of horror that makes you think, that makes you yearn, that makes you...well, it's in the title, hurt. Paula Ashe seems to know something about hurting but she also seems to know a whole lot about love and how it can be twisted and turned into a force that is not at all the benevolent one we choose to view it as. This is a book of monsters who love or are born of love. There's so much I would like to say, but I can't spoil even one concept, one word, for anyone fortunate enough to unwittingly get this one and read it. Paula Ashe is a new writer but her name will eventually be a household one, even if it's only spoken in hushed whispers by sisters in the dark beneath a blanket with only a flashlight for comfort.

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Hero_Girl

Excellent collection of stories

Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2022

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The horror genre isn't usually something I read, but I cannot resist reading when Paula Ashe writes! Every word, every turn of phrase is beauty and poetry, no matter how gruesome or terrifying the subject. While I enjoyed some stories more than others (Jacqueline Laughs Last in the Gaslight is my favorite), they're all thrilling stories that will keep you hooked, even if you aren't a big horror fan. I also really appreciate that Paula has included a thorough list of trigger warnings in the front of the book, as some of the stories are really shocking.

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Suzi M

So, so, sooooo friggin' good.

Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2022

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Prepare to have your heart ripped out, chewed, and spit back into your chest. This collection is soul-wrenching and shudder-inducing but in such fantastically beautiful ways. From start to finish it is a work of art built with the mosaic pieces of a broken mirror. Incredible!

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Jeremy J. Hanes

this Book is Here to ruin you.

Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2022

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I am in love with the stories in this book and will revisit them again and again. There is horror yet there is also a sense of beauty and wonder in the world around us. I hope you fine something that makes you gasp or wonder what is going on around you as it did me. And Paula Ashe please keep writing so I can keep reading.

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Katherine

Painful, Dark, and Beautiful

Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2022

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This book wallopped me. The writing is brilliant and terrifying. There are stories that made me squeamish and scared but I have to hand it to the author. She nailed the mood, the tension, and the terror. This is an incredible collection.

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Hailey P

Grim beauty

Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2022

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I forget where I've heard the phrase "possessed of singular vision," but it fits We Are Here to Hurt Each Other like a glove.

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Shawna M

Freaky but excellent

Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2022

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Warning, there are some truly sick and disturbing things in this book, but they help tell stories that, while horrifying, tell truths that, deep down, just need to be told.

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Malina Roos

Horrifically Beautiful and Intelligently Sublime

Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2022

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There is a "Do not go gentle into that good night" with Paula Ashe in WE ARE HERE TO HURT EACH OTHER. I read the first 30 words and I was in awe.

If you like your horror dark, real, gritty and tough to examine, this is the book for you. It deals with all kinds of horrific things, but then, that is what life is for some of us. One horror after another. Ms. Ashe does all the of the subject matter a great service. And she lists trigger warnings in the front of the book. From that, you get your cue you are about to enter into a world that most of us have tread, yet never speak about.

And Paul speaks. Her prose are a thing of beauty. "Pain is the source of all matter. It is the force that holds the universe together, that will tear it apart, only to rebuild again. Throughout the ages, humanity asks over and over again "why are we here?" and then pretends as if the Void does not bellow the answer back every single time."

The strength, hopelessness and resilience is encapsulated all at the same time in those 53 words. It screams, what is this all about? And demands an answer.

Paula delivers in each and every story. Each page is littered with pain, fear, hope, rage and beauty. Because in all dark things, there is beauty. You have to find it, and those of us that play in the dark, honour the beauty and the pain, because if we didn't, there would be no 'us'.

The intelligence in this book is striking. The working mind of an author is something that has always intrigued me, because, as writers, we write what we know. We get a glimpse into all the spinning things in Paula's head and it is a carnival ride. The cantilever of horror supports the intelligence of strength of humans. This is the gift of this book.

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Charlotte C.

Exquisite!

Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2022

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Shocking, transgressive, poetically disturbing. No words needed, think of how you felt when you had to hold your beloved but aged dog as you had him put down. That’s this book.

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Richard

Couldn't Put It Down

Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2022

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I'm the type of reader who savors short story collections. I love to read one story a day, put the book aside and let the story marinate in my brain. This book wouldn't let me. This book felt like the nightmare bastard child of Clive Barker and Gemma Files, as it was left on the side of the road and raised by David Cronenberg and Elizabeth Massie. This collection is a masterclass in short story writing, as well as a masterclass in extreme horrors. Be warned, this book will hurt you, and it will not care. Just be sure to say hello with the lady for the blister for a face before you're cut up into human meat.

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