![]() The opening line of the titular short story is just cryptic enough to reel you in. Grandfather used to say, “When we make our cursed fetishes, it’s important that they’re pretty.” Caught in between the fiercely imaginative prose and the monotonous voice of the narrators, the reader is suspended in this grey area that is at once both detached and deeply immersive. This may be one of the reasons why Cursed Bunny feels so grounded yet oddly fairytale-like. Ghostly apparitions and emotionally manipulative cyborgs are introduced to the reader as if they are perfectly normal, and indeed they may well be in the eyes of the characters that inhabit these stories. Perhaps what is more fascinating is the way Chung narrates the stories as a matter-of-fact, almost emotionless. The book embraces simplicity and runs with it the uncertainty behind the monsters augments the already existing terror weaved into their tales. ![]() ![]() This lack of explanation, which, rather than detracting the reader from enjoying the stories, adds to the experience. The stories all seem to point to one thing: sometimes, the monster under the bed isn’t a traumatic memory or a reflection of the protagonist’s troubled past sometimes it’s just that-a monster. ![]() With a very unapologetic approach to horror, the author takes zero pains to explain any of the phenomena that we read about, bar a couple, and that too in vague terms-setting itself apart from the usual entries in the genre. Reading ‘ Cursed Bunny’ is a refreshing experience. ![]()
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