Hi, folks!
A few updates–
PAM KOWOLSKI IS A MONSTER! is up on Netgalley and GoodReads and people seem to like it. If you put Mona Awad’s BUNNY in a blender with Ari Aster, you’d get my novella, about a woman coming of age, and learning to accept the person she has become.
My novelette “Does Harlen Lattner Dream of Electric Sheep?” was published in two parts this month at Lightspeed Magazine, and republished on Gizmodo, which called it, “one of the best short stories in years.” Thank you, Gizmodo!
You can get both of the above in hard copy or audio, which is cool.
The climate out there feels a lot to me like the 1970s. Sort of grim, but if you’re paying attention, there’s a lot more room for artistic freedom. I’ve started adapting Pam Kowolski for a feature.
Though I’d like to go to all the conventions and events coming up, I’m hard at work on my next novel, TRAD WIFE, which is due with my editors in late July. I’m thrilled to report that my US editor acquired the book, so it’ll be coming out in the US from Atria, from the UK via Tor, and in foreign languages, too! 2026.
Also of note– Good Neighbors is coming out in France next year!
Anyway, I’m in the weeds, working on Trad Wife and not letting it go until it’s done. But I thought I’d write a note about the above shorter pieces. I’m deeply appreciative of Jennifer Barnes and John Joseph Adams, their acquiring editors.
Random other events–
The family saw Top Dog, Underdog at the Pasadena Playhouse. It’s very good. A friend in my writing group (Chris Terry) wrote a book called BLACK CARD that references it, and that I think is very worth reading.
I’ve been obsessing over Immanuel Kant’s CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON, mostly because my main character in Trad Wife is obsessed with it.
I read INTERMEZZO. Between that and ALL FOURS, I needed a brain enema. Fortunately, Danzy Senna’s COLORED TELEVISION was the perfect remedy.
I read Paul Tremblay’s kids’ book ANOTHER, and it’s haunting.
For reasons that may only be clear in hindsight, nobody wants to talk about or even read about the pandemic. But a lot of people lost their minds during that time, and never got them back. I think this is some of the reason horror is filling the silent spaces in popular culture.
Sincerely,
Sarah
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