Booklist’s Becky Spratford weighs in on Jeremy C. Shipp’s The Merry Dredgers calling it a “thought-provoking read … for fans of horror featuring cults, such as Just Like a Mother (2022), by Anne Heltzel, or amusement parks, like Hide (2022), by Kiersten White.” More
Eileen Gonzalez at Foreword Reviews weighs in on Jeremy C. Shipp’s dark and delightful new novel, The Merry Dredgers: A woman’s attempt to avenge her sister leads to a fantastical adventure in Jeremy C. Shipp’s novel The Merry Dredgers. Seraphina is a birthday party princess, a pet feeder, and the only person left who cares […] More
Publishers Weekly had great things to say about Jeremy C. Shipp’s new novel, The Merry Dredgers! Shipp skillfully skewers the cult qualities of self-actualization programs in this spooky, satirical send-up of a mind and body retreat with a shady side. … The details of the Dredgers’ regimen of new age rituals, which appear all the […] More
Litreactor staff always put together one of the best “best of” lists around and we were thrilled to see DARK FACTORY on this year’s list! I have so much to say about this book—by far my favorite of the year—that rather than review it, I had to interview her live and share that brain-meld with […] More
Spine Magazine follows the making of Dark Factory “Beginning to End.” Next up: Charlie Athanas, Creative Collaborator, AV/VR Design: SPINE-Beginning to End – Dark Factory: Creative Collaborator, AV/VR Design of Dark Park, Charlie Athanas My creative collaboration on the project started with someone I had never met (but not a stranger) appearing in my Twitter […] More
Spine Magazine follows the making of Dark Factory “Beginning to End.” Next up: Tricia Reeks, Design. SPINE-Beginning to End – Dark Factory: Design, Tricia Reeks Kathe Koja’s Dark Factory is a designer’s dream come true. So much opportunity from the book cover to the book design to the website to the merchandise and everything in […] More
Spine Magazine follows the making of Dark Factory “Beginning to End.” Next up: Tricia Reeks, Publisher. SPINE-Beginning to End – Dark Factory: Publisher: Publicity & Marketing, Tricia Reeks The first time Kathe Koja mentioned Dark Factory to me was in 2019. It sounded intriguing-immersive fiction, a story that goes beyond the printed page, blurring the […] More
Spine Magazine follows the making of Dark Factory “Beginning to End.” Next up: Christopher Schelling, Agent SPINE-Beginning to End – Dark Factory: Agent, Christopher Schelling Though I’ve known Kathe Koja for over thirty years, and I’ve been her agent for over twenty of them, she still surprises me with every project. (In truth, she surprises […] More
Spine Magazine follows the making of Dark Factory “Beginning to End.” First up: Kathe Koja, Author. SPINE-Beginning to End – Dark Factory: Author, Kathe Koja is a novel that starts in a hot dance club and expands outward into a world of customizable realities and universal human longings. And even before I started to write […] More
Dark Factory feels like it’s been ripped from the memories of current virtual partygoers–and that’s what makes it iconic. … Whether you party or work in XR, Dark Factory is an absolute must to pick up. Ready Player One was what the industry originally looked to for inspiration for building virtual platforms, but Dark Factory is a closer look at how […] More
Gabino Iglesias reviews Kathe Koja’s Dark Factory for Locus Magazine. Talking about Kathe Koja’s work is never easy, and that’s a good thing. Koja brings a constant explosion or language and ideas to the page, and Dark Factory, a novel that combines her skills as a writer with her experience as a performance artist, is no […] More
We were extremely pleased that one of our fav specfic publications, Aurealis Magazine, weighed in on Steve Simpson’s The Purpose of Reality: Solar (a collection of short fiction) & The Purpose of Reality: Lunar (a collection of poetry). A phantastic short story collection that’s as philosophical as it’s allegorical. Eugen Bacon, Aurealis Magazine Boldly layered […] More