Koji A. Dae
About a month ago, I received an arc of Midwestern Chrome by Michael Bettendorf. I knew I’d like the book because Tenebrous has a keen eye for weird books with emotional resonance. When I saw the cover, I suspected I might love it. But honestly, I wasn’t ready to become obsessed with it. The book […]
I’ve had some very positive feedback on my forthcoming novel, Casual, in the past few weeks. Ivy Grimes compared it to 1984 and Brave New World. Then Lit Hub said it is “Up there with Atwood, Bradbury, Dick and Gibson.” These are books and authors that I have grown up with, that I respect immensely, […]
As a reader, I’ve been obsessed with Gillian Flynn this year. It started when I read The Grownup as a “suggested” book when I was looking for alternative gothic stories. I wanted haunted house stories that didn’t feel like haunted house stories, and The Grownup seemed to fit. Unfortunately, I didn’t really like it, even […]
Today I had the immense pleasure of listening to Eating Bitterness by Hannah Yang in The Dark Magazine on The Dark’s podcast. This was one of those stories that came at the right time to pack an emotional gut-punch. Generally, I struggle with the expectations of motherhood vs. my capacity to give. To be perfectly […]
Thoughts on: My Country is a Ghost by Eugenia Triantafyllou, Intentionality by Aimee Ogden, Forward Momentum and a Parallel Pass by Anamaria Curtis
Join me as I learn a little more about AfroSurrealism and its relationship to slipstream.
