Nominated for the Shirley Jackson and Saboteur awards, this game-changing story was chosen by Adam Nevill as one of his favourite horror short stories: "What a refreshing gust of tiny spores this novella explodes into, and I inhaled them all with glee". Somewhere away from the cities and towns, a group of men and boys gather around the fire each night to listen to their stories in the Valley of the Rocks. Theirs is a world without women, and the men are waiting to pass into the night. Meet Nate, the storyteller, and the new secrets he brings back from the woods. Where the women's bodies were buried, something strange is growing... Discover the Beauty.