Nothing But Blackened Teeth

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER • A Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy Award Finalist! • An Indie Next Pick! • An October LibraryReads Pick! • 2022 RUSA Reading List: Horror Winner!

Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale, steeped in Japanese folklore and full of devastating twists.

A Heian-era mansion stands abandoned, its foundations resting on the bones of a bride and its walls packed with the remains of the girls sacrificed to keep her company.

It’s the perfect venue for a group of thrill-seeking friends, brought back together to celebrate a wedding.

A night of food, drinks, and games quickly spirals into a nightmare as secrets get dragged out and relationships are tested.

But the house has secrets too. Lurking in the shadows is the ghost bride with a black smile and a hungry heart.

And she gets lonely down there in the dirt.

Effortlessly turning the classic haunted house story on its head, Nothing but Blackened Teeth is a sharp and devastating exploration of grief, the parasitic nature of relationships, and the consequences of our actions.

Also by Cassandra Khaw:
The Library at Hellebore
The Salt Grows Heavy
A Song for Quiet
Hammers on Bone
The Dead Take the A Train (co-written with Richard Kadrey)

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Published Aug 30, 2022

144 pages

Average rating: 5.01

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likethehotsauce

Aug 07, 2025

2/10 stars

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SraGonzalez

Mar 10, 2025

2/10 stars

This was a short read. It was like a campfire ghost story.

novelishdelish

Dec 11, 2024

4/10 stars

What in the world did I jut listen to? A group of people on a book Facebook page were talking about this book so I decided to try to find it on Libby since my local library didn't have it. The audiobook was readily available while the ebook book had a several month wait so I listened to and from a doctors appointment today in another town. A good sign right... nope. While the story line was ok, it was a little crass with a whole lot of crazy. The story was rushed with no real development until the last chapter and then it was like the author was just ready for it to end. I really wanted to like it as I wanted a good creepy read for October, but I guess I should have just stuck with my original plan of reading House of Furies by Madeleine Roux since I love her writing (I'll probably still be reading it this month as I like to try to read as many creepy/spooky reads in October that I can).

Juju Fullam

Jul 12, 2024

6/10 stars

I don’t think I’ve read a book where 99% of the characters don’t like each other and have to save the one character that sucks the most.

Chuckstafer

Feb 02, 2024

4/10 stars

Great concept, but the execution was just “Meh”. Too many metaphors and descriptions of things that were unnecessary and so much of this novella just didn’t make sense.