The Story of the Deer Woman arrives this February. A strange, sensual, myth-soaked tale rooted in Manchester’s streets.

The novella is rooted in Manchester, and the city becomes a living, breathing character in its own right. Oxford Road’s wild winds, the quiet shadowed halls of the Manchester Museum, the gothic hush of John Rylands Library. Familiar places begin to tilt and shimmer as the protagonist is pulled into a metamorphosis that is part folklore, part urban myth. It is a story about becoming. About strangeness. About what lives beneath our skin. About desire. And about the wild feminine that refuses to stay obedient.

“If you know Heidi Hinda or her work, you will already understand why this book feels so electric. Heidi Hinda writes with a fearless curiosity for the human condition. She dances at the edges of voice, taboo, eros and power. She writes about the “not beautiful”, the places we pretend not to see, the appetites we deny we have, and she brings it all to the page with disarming honesty and a sharp, lyrical wit.”

Lottie Begg, Lemon Jelly Press