{"id":8222,"date":"2024-04-03T14:44:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T18:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?post_type=books&#038;p=8222"},"modified":"2025-06-17T14:45:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T18:45:58","slug":"an-unspeakable-burden","status":"publish","type":"books","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/book\/an-unspeakable-burden\/","title":{"rendered":"An Unspeakable Burden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"457\" data-attachment-id=\"7731\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/welcome_to_your_body\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/welcome_to_your_body-e1712087787747.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"300,457\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"welcome_to_your_body\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/welcome_to_your_body-e1712087787747.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/welcome_to_your_body-e1712087787747.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/welcome_to_your_body-e1712087787747.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7731\" style=\"width:322px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>FEATURED IN:<\/strong>\u00a0Welcome To Your Body: Lessons in Evisceration from\u00a0<strong>Salt Heart Press<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Publication date:<\/strong>\u00a0May 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Editor:\u00a0<\/strong>Ryan Marie Ketterer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Foreword:<\/strong>\u00a0Paula M. Ashe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ABOUT\u00a0<em>AN UNSPEAKABLE BURDEN<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A young woman woman desperate to be the most powerful conjurer in her family sacrifices her body and embraces a fate of arcane power.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns8222_752fbc-5a{gap:var(--global-kb-gap-xs, 0.5rem );justify-content:center;align-items:center;}.kt-btns8222_752fbc-5a .kt-button{font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;}.kt-btns8222_752fbc-5a .kt-btn-wrap-0{margin-right:5px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns8222_752fbc-5a .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button{color:#555555;border-color:#555555;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns8222_752fbc-5a .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns8222_752fbc-5a .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:focus{color:#ffffff;border-color:#444444;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns8222_752fbc-5a .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button::before{display:none;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns8222_752fbc-5a .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns8222_752fbc-5a .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:focus{background:#444444;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn kb-buttons-wrap kb-btns8222_752fbc-5a\"><style>ul.menu .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn8222_abf89d-1e.kb-button{width:initial;}<\/style><a class=\"kb-button kt-button button kb-btn8222_abf89d-1e kt-btn-size-standard kt-btn-width-type-auto kb-btn-global-fill kt-btn-has-text-true kt-btn-has-svg-false  wp-block-kadence-singlebtn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saltheartpress.com\/welcome-to-your-body\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"kt-btn-inner-text\">MORE INFO<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PUBLICATION DETAILS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Each limb tells a story. Every organ shares a secret. Slice into the anatomy of this collection to discover all the unseen horrors the human body can deliver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contributing Authors:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alex Wolfgang, Ai Jiang, Mary Rajotte, Julie Sevens, Christopher O\u2019Halloran, Sasha Brown, Bridget D. Brave, Taylor Ketterer, Demi-Louise Blackburn, Lindsey Ragsdale, Emma E. Murray, Johnathon Heart, P.L. McMillan, Rachel Searcey, Bryan Young, Kai Delmas, and David Worn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AN EXCERPT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-text-align-left\"><blockquote><p><em>\u201cThe Benoit Reliquary sits next to a silver atham\u00e9 on the lectern. It\u2019s a glass container the size of a cigar box encased in a carved wooden framework that\u2019s gilt-edged with copper fleurs-de-lis. Suspended in clear liquid, the tongue inside looms like a pale grey river stone the size of two clenched fists, finely pitted across the surface and webbed with threadlike veins.\u201d<\/em><\/p><cite>\u00a9 MARY RAJOTTE<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READER REVIEWS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>An amazing display of what the body horror genre can be! These were remarkable stories which all had their own voice. 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