Saving Lucy
A story about a mother and daughter… and the evil that lives in their past.
by Mo Medusa
Frankie left home ten years ago, abandoning the tall mountains of her small hometown for the tall buildings of the big city. Desperate for a new life, she was happy to escape her overly-critical mother and the Polish-American customs of her past.
But after a strange caller informs her of her mother’s sudden death, she’s reluctantly drawn back to the mountains for the first time in a decade.
Arriving days before the Scandinavian tradition of Sankta Lucia, the town is aglow with holiday lights and cheer—and the townspeople can’t stop talking about the annual Feast of St. Lucy.
When an unexpected blizzard rolls through, revealing the true nature of the feast—and the evil that resides in the mountains—the darkness of her mother’s past is brought to light once again.
Caught between tradition and terror, Frankie quickly learns that her mother’s overbearing influence won’t be stopped by her death alone.
Taking elements from The Night of the Witches in Polish folklore, and the real tradition of Sankta Lucia, Feeding Lucy is a story of grief, tradition, and the darkness that lives inside of us all.
REVIEW
5 out of 5
If you enjoy Christmas horror movies, you’re going to love this book! Medusa does an amazing job bringing everything to life with vivid imagery, right down to what we see through Frankie’s eyes as an imaginative child. I could almost feel the cold winter air blowing against my skin as I read, despite being bundled up tight against the cold inside here. I knew about St Lucy celebrations before, although I’ve never participated in any. This put those celebrations in a new light…or darkness, I suppose. I do remember hearing about witch’s night as a child from my own babcia, however, and I must admit, that’s part of what made me pick this book up. I wasn’t disappointed in the slightest. This is much scarier than the tales we were told as kids, and I loved every spine-tingling moment of it. There’s also an underlying troublesome parent-child dynmaics at play, which adds some extra depth to the story. This is definitely going on my favorite Christmas reads list!
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mo Medusa is a Queer and Disabled Writer, Vocalist, and Fiction Writing Mentor from Chicago, IL. Their current focus is on Horror Fiction, Literary Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry. In their spare time, they enjoy deep diving into new music finds, sipping a (non-alcoholic) beer by the lake, and watching way too much trash TV. Mo lives on the north side with their cats, birds, and human child.
