They would eat us, if they could.
May 13, 2024 1:44 am
They would eat us, if they could.
The man in the video Maxine is watching is small, fragile looking, with large, wide eyes. Intense enough that her mama would have called them crazy eyes. When she was younger, she used to tell her mama not to use that word, but Mama would suck her teeth and say, “Nothin’ wrong with being crazy. Crazy might save you one day.
—Hollow Tongue by Eden Royce
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After a major accident leaves her in a dire financial situation, Maxine Forest returns to live in her childhood home. The empty husk holds only the memories of her father’s abuse and her mother’s reticence to leave him: her parents are nowhere to be found. The cocoon of her past remains unchanged, yet wrapped in the ghostly remnants of her mother’s whispered insistence that things could change. Escaping the sins of her parents should be easy enough for Max, but those sins are intrinsic to her genetic make-up, so escape is impossible—succumbing, and metamorphosis, are inevitable.
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His Unburned Heart Online Launch
May 13 • 5pm PST, 6pm MST, 7pm CT, 8pm EST His Unburned Heart online book launch. This is a FREE event but you need to claim your ticket to attend. Below are some photos from the in-store launch at Barnes & Noble.
BOOK DEAL: Everything Endless
We’ve signed a deal with Linda D. Addison and Jamal Hodge for their collaborative poetry project titled Everything Endless. It contains 55 science fiction poems, in 4 sections that explore the universe from its biggest bangs to its tiniest discoveries. We haven’t seen a collaboration with this much star power in a long time and can’t wait to share these poems with you. “There is something magnetic in these poems. I thoroughly enjoyed the complexity of this collection and the way its working on so many levels sneaking in moments of humor between glimpses of awe,” says managing editor Jennifer Barnes. Read the announcement here.
Ledger Podcast
Donna Lynch Spoken Word Tour
Ego Likeness co-founder and singer Donna Lynch reads from her collections of horror and dark poetry, including the Bram Stoker Award-nominated works Choking Back the Devil and Girls From the County as part of an art and travel documentary "The Road Out of the County." Below you will find the dates that have been confirmed so far. You can read more about the tour in this ReGen article.
6/6 DC area, limited spaces, a few spots available but not many
6/7 Fallout, Richmond VA
6/8 Vending @ Ascension at The Masquerade, Atlanta GA
6/9 Red Light Café, Atlanta GA
6/11 926, Tallahassee FL
6/13 Old Arabi Lighthouse Records & Books, Arabi-New Orleans LA
w/ Louis Maistros, Geoff Munstermann, Izzy Oneiric, & Xxx Zombieboy xxX
6/15 TBA
6/23 DNA Lounge, San Francisco CA Opening 30 min set for Artillery
6/27 Mechanismus Festival, Seattle WA (also Stoneburner)
7/1 The Crypt, Denver CO
7/3 The Crack Fox, St Louis MO
7/5 TBA Chicago, IL w/ Steve Silver
7/8 Small’s, Hamtramck (Detroit) MI w/ Jimmy Doom & Steve Silver
7/9 Oddfellows Liquor Bar w/ Anton Cancre & Sarah Hans
7/11 Digital Underground, Philadelphia PA w/ Heinrich
7/12 Third Sanctum Art Gallery & Gathering Space (at The Veiled Crow), Warwick RI
7/13 Zissimos (Upstairs), Baltimore MD + Donna’s Half-Century Birthday Afterparty
Eynhallow in Audio
Apple • Audible • Audiobooks.com • Chirp • Kobo • Libro.FM • Google Play
Or check with your local library system
New Kickstarter from Weird Little Worlds Press
This anthology of over 20 stories will feature new, exciting authors in science fiction, horror, and fantasy for an anthology that is 100% NEW VOICES. Think Black Mirror meets Twilight Zone featuring stories about the terrifying, tragic, and triumphant technology that just can't be stopped. Back this project to support new writers!
MEDIA MENTIONS
Carina Bissett interviews Stephanie Wytovich
Wasps in the Ice Cream to get Spanish Translation
UPCOMING EVENTS
May 13 • 5pm PST, 6pm MST, 7pm CT, 8pm EST
His Unburned Heart online book launch
David Sandner
May 30-June 2
Linda Addison, Michael Arnzen, Jennifer Barnes, Matt Betts, Elizabeth Broadbent, James Chambers, Geneve Flynn, Maxwell I. Gold, Jamal Hodge, Pedro Iniguez, Vaughn A. Jackson, RJ Joseph, John Edward Lawson, Kate Maruyama, Tim McGregor, Lee Murray, Stephanie Pearre, Cynthia Pelayo, David Sandner, Tim Waggoner, L. Marie Wood
June 27-30
Seton Hill University
Tim Waggoner (GoH), Michael Arnzen, Matt Betts, Heidi Ruby Miller, Jason Jack Miller, Albert Wendland, Stephanie Wytovich
June 28 • 1-4pm
Beyond the Bounds of Infinity Book Launch at Vortex Books & Comics
Vaughn A. Jackson, Stephanie Pearre, L. Marie Wood, Mary SanGiovanni
September 14-15
Virginia Witches and Pagans Pride
Sonora Taylor
October 4-6
AuthorCon IV, St. Louis, MO
Sonora Taylor
October 12
Fredericksburg Independent Book Festival
Sonora Taylor, EA Broadbent
October 25 • 1-4pm
Errant Roots Book Launch at Vortex Books & Comics
Sonora Taylor