Monsters Trying to Dance: Gillian Daniels' "Bobbie and Her Father"
Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches. This week, we’re reading Gillian Daniels’s “Bobbie and Her Father,” first published in the August 2020 issue of The Dark. CW for harm to children. “Nancy has a grasp like the weight of paper.” Bobbie has spent ten years inside her house, blackout curtains drawn, TV playing. She likes watching movies, especially with dancing. Sometimes she tries to immitate their flying leaps, or tries; with one leg l...
Source: tor.com