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The table of contents shows Part 1 “An Interruption” progressing from gutting and lying to fighting, saving, bargaining, fearing, communing, remembering, severing, exasperating, praying, and searching. Part 2 “A Descent” continues with smothering and worrying, opening and changing, visiting, seeing, falling, dancing, wishing, solving, bathing, shopping, and demanding.","[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCopyright © 2026 by Sarah L. Hawthorn Cover and internal design © 2026 by Sourcebooks Cover design and illustration by Andrew Davis  \nCover images © Marylia/Creative Market, Curve Design/Creative Market, Ermakova Marina/Shutterstock  \nInternal design by Laura Boren/Sourcebooks  \nSourcebooks, Poisoned Pen Press, and the colophon are registered trademarks of Sourcebooks.  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems—except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews—without permission in writing from its publisher, Sourcebooks.  \nNo part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems.  \nThe characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious or are used fictitiously. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental and not intended by the author.  \nPublished by Poisoned Pen Press, an imprint of Sourcebooks 1935 Brookdale RD, Naperville, IL 60563-2773  \n(630) 961-3900  \n[sourcebooks.com](sourcebooks.com)  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nNames: Hawthorn, [Sarah L. author](Sarah L. author)  \nTitle: A fate worse than drowning : a novel / Sarah L. Hawthorn.  \nDescription: Naperville, IL : Poisoned Pen Press, 2026.  \nIdentifiers: LCCN 2025053196 | trade paperback | epub  \nSubjects: LCGFT: Gothic fiction | Horror fiction | Queer fiction | Novels  \nClassification: LCC PR9199.4.H3874 F38 2026 | DDC 813/.6--dc23/eng/20260127  \nLC record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2025053196](https://lccn.loc.gov/2025053196)[ ](https://lccn.loc.gov/2025053196)[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nTo my parents, Christy and Derek, who taught me to be good. To my sister, Annabelle, who made me want to be better. To my husband, Shane, who showed me my best. 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