It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

“Steadily mounting mysteries and disturbing revelations at an art commune in this story about a woman’s liberation from an abusive relationship make this another must-read in Dawson’s growing canon of work.”—Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling author of Black River Orchard

“If Delilah S. Dawson writes it, I will read it. My bones were chilled, my blood boiled, and all my feral feminine energy ignited into flame! It Will Only Hurt for a Moment is Gothicly delicious!”—Sadie Hartmann, Bram Stoker Award–winning author of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered

“Nothing illustrates how all present art is molded from our past so well as Dawson’s latest. We see how creativity can be transformative and liberating, and how the ghosts that haunt us can still serve us too.”—Kevin Hearne, New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Druid Chronicles
 
“It Will Only Hurt for a Moment is a gloriously creepy and atmospheric horror thriller that smashes the patriarchy from beyond the grave.”—Halley Sutton, USA Today bestselling author of The Hurricane Blonde

“No one does female rage quite like Delilah S. Dawson. It Will Only Hurt for a Moment is both a deft examination of creativity and a bone-chilling take on the asylum novel. It’s an absolute must-read.”—Ally Wilkes, Bram Stoker Award–nominated author of Where the Dead Wait

“Delilah S. Dawson speaks for those who can’t speak for themselves in It Will Only Hurt for a Moment, summoning a story filled to the brim with righteous fury and fright that can’t be quelled. This novel shouts, this novel screams, this novel solidifies Dawson as an unstoppable force that should flood every last bookshelf.”—Clay McLeod Chapman, author of What Kind of Mother and Ghost Eaters

“It Will Only Hurt for a Moment is a glorious and compelling feminist thriller that presents a refreshing take on all-too-familiar territory for many women. Delilah S. Dawson will intrigue you, spook you, and disturb you—all while making you desperate to read more!”—Carissa Orlando, author of The September House