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Portland Turns Surreal in the Trailer for Kevin Maloney’s “Cult of Loretta”
The trailer for Kevin Maloney’s Cult of Loretta (due out later this month on Lazy Fascist Press) begins with images of Portland looking idyllic. Soon enough, though, narration adds an ominous tone to...
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Riven Houses and Orange Skies on the Cover for Mairead Case’s “See You In the...
We are, it probably goes without saying, tremendous admirers of the writings of Mairead Case. Her short story “Summertime” was one of the first Sunday Stories, and she’ll be contributing to our...
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Flannery O’Connor Has a Postage Stamp
Are you a fan of iconic American writers? Do you have something to mail that weighs around three ounces? You may be pleased to know, then, that Flannery O’Connor will be appearing on a stamp due to...
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A Sinister Chaplin Adorns the Cover of Brandon Hobson’s Next Novel
This year brings with it news of a new novel from Brandon Hobson. We enjoyed his short novel Deep Ellum, about the strained relationship within a Dallas family, when it came out last year, and spoke...
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Carrie Brownstein’s “Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl” Gets a Cover
Maybe Sleater-Kinney changed your life. Maybe you saw Wild Flag a couple of times and were thoroughly floored. Maybe you’re a fan of absurdist humor. Either way, Carrie Brownstein is a figure that...
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The Literature of Record Collectors
Magnus Mills is a expert in the surreal and the deadpan: the precise way in which he’s able to juggle observations on quotidian details, workday routines, and intrusions of the bleak, violent, or...
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A Look Inside Zachary Thomas Dodson’s “Bats of the Republic”
Due out this October: Bats of the Republic, the new novel from Zachary Thomas Dodson, co-founder of featherproof, talented author, and excellent book designer. In a new video, Dodson delves into the...
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Here’s the Impressively Retro UK Cover for Morrissey’s Novel
If you’re a fan of Morrissey, the writings of Morrissey, and vintage book cover design, we suspect that you’ll particularly enjoy the look of List of the Lost‘s UK cover. The AV Club reports that...
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Here’s the Evocative Cover of Sofia Samatar’s “The Winged Histories”
Sofia Samatar’s A Stranger in Olondria is one of the most unique novels we’ve read in a while. At once a fantastic example of worldbuilding and a ghost story unlike any other, it led us to eagerly...
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Strange Cookouts Can be Found in the Trailer for Eli Horowitz’s “The Pickle...
Earlier this year, I talked with Eli Horowitz as part of a longer piece about collaborative novels. At the time, The New World, a novel that he and Chris Adrian wrote, had just been released. He...
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We’re Enjoying the Stylized Cover of Emma Straub’s “Modern Lovers”
Among the books we’re most excited for in 2016 is Modern Lovers, Emma Straub’s forthcoming novel. The cover, from Leah Goren, has just been released, and Entertainment Weekly has a short interview...
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Soundtracking Rob Spillman’s “All Tomorrow’s Parties”
Between his work editing Tin House and his dispatches on literature and politics for Guernica, we’re huge admirers of the work of Rob Spillman, so it’s not surprising that we’re excited for his...
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A Sinister J.G. Ballard Adaptation Gets a New Trailer
We’re pretty excited about Ben Wheatley’s forthcoming adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s High-Rise. Wheatley’s a filmmaker who can capture the moment where life turns from surreal to nightmarish, which is...
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Juliet Escoria’s Poetry Collection “Witch Hunt” Has an Unsettling Trailer
Juliet Escoria‘s first collection of poetry, Witch Hunt, is due out in May from Lazy Fascist Press. The first trailer has been released, and it features a collection of seemingly quotidian events that...
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Will Oldham Narrates a “Bats of the Republic” Trailer
Zachary Thomas Dodson’s ornately-strucutured novel Bats of the Republic is having a good couple of months: most recently, it was named as one of the competitors in this year’s Tournament of Books. And...
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Behold the Dot Matrix Aesthetic of Dolan Morgan’s “Insignificana” Cover
We are big fans of the writings of Dolan Morgan. He’s contributed to Sunday Stories twice, and we interviewed him in 2014 after his first collection, That’s When the Knives Come Down, was released....
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Haunted Patterns on the Cover to Scott Nicolay’s “Noctuidae”
There’s something about patterns that attracts the eye. The cover for Scott Nicolay’s forthcoming novella Noctuidae has them in abundance: a series of squares atop what looks like an old and blurred...
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Teju Cole’s Forthcoming Essay Collection Has a Cover
Last year brought with it the news that Teju Cole’s next book would be an essay collection. Now, that essay collection, titled Known and Strange Things, has a cover. It’s due out on Random House on...
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Michelle Cruz Gonzales’s Memoir “The Spitboy Rule” Has a Trailer
Things we like: punk memoirs, the fantastic 90s hardcore band Spitboy, and book trailers. We were happy to hear that Michelle Cruz Gonzales of Spitboy was working on a memoir when we read Jes...
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Microscopic Life and Strange Architecture in the Trailer for Dolan Morgan’s...
Dolan Morgan’s second collection, Insignificana, is due out on March 11th from Civil Coping Mechanisms. We’re pleased to be debuting the trailer here today, which featured a collage of surreal images,...
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