<p>It begins with a letter from a prisoner …</p><p>As he attempts to rebuild his life in rural Oregon after a tragic accident Malcolm Mays finds himself corresponding with Dusha Chuchonnyhoof a mysterious entity who claims to be the owner of Malcolm’s house jailed unjustly for 117 years. The prisoner demands that Malcolm perform a gory bewildering task for him. As the clock ticks toward Dusha’s release Malcolm must attempt to find out whether he’s assisting a murderer or an innocent. <i>The End of the Sentence </i>combines Kalapuya Welsh Scottish and Norse mythology with a darkly imagined history of the hidden corners of the American West.</p><p>Maria Dahvana Headley and Kat Howard have forged a fairy tale of ghosts and guilt literary horror blended with the visuals of Jean Cocteau failed executions shapeshifting goblins and magical blacksmithery. In Chuchonnyhoof they’ve created a new kind of Beast longing centuries later for Beauty.</p>