Behind the Yellow Wallpaper: New Tales of Madness: 2

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a feminist classic a haunting critique of the isolation treatment for female hysteria wrapped up in a superb psychological horror story. Over a century later women are still battling gender bias in the treatment of mental illness. Here are 15 stories of very different women who have in common the fact that they are fighting for control of their worlds and of their minds. Traci Orsis Waiting for Jordan finds Julia hallucinating at home when her husband is shipped off to Iraq. Leah Chaffins Last Caress delves into the sad and savage story of a rare female serial killer while in An Obedient Girl Amy Bridges relates her experience as an average girl who has a singular experience with a lobotomized woman. Age religion motherhood sex and work life are all explored in these gripping stories of women who remain Behind the Yellow Wallpaper battling valiantly and sometimes viciously to break free by any means necessary. Each story is paired with original photographic art by Loreal Prystaj. Prystajs dark gripping art evoke the same despair fear anger hopelessness heartache and fight for survival that make up these extraordinary New Tales of Madness.