{"product_id":"in-these-gilded-ghostly-hearts-9781951971489","title":"In These Gilded, Ghostly Hearts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStoker winner Gwendolyn Kiste holds up a dark, queer mirror to \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e in IN THESE GILDED, GHOSTLY HEARTS, a haunting exploration of the obsession and control at the edges of an American classic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1955, Daisy Buchanan is found dead in an abandoned West Egg mansion, but her daughter Mel knows she's really been gone for years. No one knows whether Daisy was murdered, or if it was a simpler, slower death: her yearslong spiral of alcohol, abuse, and helplessness. But when Mel enters the estate, she finds Daisy's ghost, somehow frozen at twenty-three, and a charming, bleeding phantom that used to be Jay Gatsby.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo free her mother, Mel must carve a path through family secrets and decaying revelers: deep into Gatsby's starving house as it gorges itself on unfulfilled love and grows stronger every night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gwendolyn Kiste\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Creature Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.41d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781951971489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/17\/2026 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGWENDOLYN KISTE\u003c\/strong\u003e is the four-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rust Maidens\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReluctant Immortals\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePretty Marys All in a Row\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Velkwood\u003c\/i\u003e. She's a Lambda Literary Award winner, and her fiction has been nominated for the Shirley Jackson, Premios Kelvin, Ignotus and Dragon Awards. Originally from Ohio, she now resides on an abandoned horse farm outside of Pittsburgh with her husband, their excitable calico cat, and not nearly enough ghosts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Gwendolyn Kiste \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48944031498397,"sku":"9781951971489","price":22.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_b4cdf051-b9f6-4fab-8ac4-ee1b707ce24d.jpg?v=1790153503","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/in-these-gilded-ghostly-hearts-9781951971489","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}