But if you do read it, you’ll not be able to turn away from Kathe’s beautiful writing style. It’s not for all my readers who follow me. It may make some of you queasy, some of you will love that, and some of you will be unsettled. Please know it’s in the body horror sub-genre (which is a growing genre only getting some traction now – imagine Kathe writing it decades ago!). So now that you’re nodding your head as you already know and like Kathe or her work, or you’ve gathered a touch of why this print release is important to the genre, I’d like to help present the cover reveal from Meerkat Press for the anticipated print release of The Cipher! What it’s all about, I’ll give a snippet of below, but it’s for serious horror fans, and all of them should read and decide for themselves on this book. If you never heard of her, I’m sorry and please change that! If anything, if not from me, some of you have heard of her now that you’re listening, reading, and watching Josh Malerman rise in popularity. Few handfuls of women rose to the ranks of being allowed to publish horror back then (yes, back then haha), let alone continued their creative careers.

Especially in the Midwest, rust belt, great lakes areas, as she’s from Michigan, I know Kathe is held in high regard as an author, director, producer, but I think it’s safe to say it extends farther as her work has been translated multiple times.Īnd she’s cool as all get out. Kathe is one of the best-known old-school women in horror in my opinion of that time period, if not of entirety of writers, and she’s still to be admired to this day. The first Dell/Abyss copies from the early 90s are highly sought after and can be expensive online (and a cause for celebration if one is found thrift shopping). Many longtime horror fans, especially those who’ve always loved the mass market horror of the 80s and early 90s, probably know what The Cipher by Kathe Koja is all about or they’ve at least heard of it. Cover Reveal and Info on The Cipher by Kathe Koja –

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