“…simple, punchy prose, all the better to explore fascinatingly complex themes.”

— Washington Post

“Eerily believable, incredibly relatable and heartbreaking.”

— The Booklist

“Up there with Atwood, Bradbury, Dick, and Gibson. Both inevitable and horrifying. A must read for the moment.”

— Literary Hub

“Seductive to the core. Hold My Heart is an intriguing thrill, its world tinged with noir atmosphere and a passion for grime on skin and tongues on blades. And with a creature too? This is everything you could want from a messed-up threesome.”

— Hailey Piper, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Queen of Teeth and A Game in Yellow

“In her debut novella Mazi, Koji A. Dae takes readers on a journey into the deep, dark isolation of the Bulgarian woods…and the even darker realm of the human psyche. Blending folklore, horror, and erotica infused with psychological depth, Dae crafts a tale both shocking and inevitable. The novella blurs boundaries between reality and imagination, desire and dread, with an emotional impact that readers won’t soon forget.”

— Stephanie Parent, author of The Briars