Her work crosses and combines genres, and her books have won awards, been multiply translated, and optioned for film and performance. Kathe Koja writes novels and short fiction, and creates and produces immersive fiction performances, both solo and with a rotating ensemble of artists. I’m delighted to be working with Tricia and the Meerkat team-we plan to have a ton of fun bringing these books to readers.”
And The Cipher will be paired with Velocities, my second short fiction collection, thirteen stories, including two that are brand-new. Says Koja, “The Funhole is back! I’m always being asked about a new print edition of The Cipher, and now the answer is Meerkat Press. Her writing is dark, gritty and completely addictive-just the way we like it.” says publisher, Tricia Reeks. “We are so thrilled to be working with Kathe Koja on these books. It is the winner of the Bram Stoker Award and a finalist for the Philip K. Second is her classic novel of fear, obsession, creation, and destruction, The Cipher, which reopens the door on the Funhole with this brand new and long-awaited print edition. Pure black and the sense of pulsation, especially when you look at it too closely, the sense of something not living but alive. Nicholas, a would-be poet, and Nakota, his feral lover, discover a strange hole in the storage room floor down the hall - 'Black. It includes thirteen stories, including two never before published, all flying at the speed of strange. Kathe Kojas classic, award-winning horror novel is finally available as an ebook. The first book, Koja’s second short fiction collection, Velocities, is dark, disturbing, and heartfelt. It’s Women in Horror month and we can’t think of a better time to announce that Meerkat Press will be publishing two works by master of horror Kathe Koja in 2020. The Ladies of Horror Fiction was recently asked if we would participate in the cover reveal for Velocities by Kathe Koja of course the answer was yes.