“Koch continues their exploration of postmodern horrors with a riveting new collection showcasing all-too-real nightmares and hellish landscapes.”
17 disturbing tales diving into possessions, corruption, and plagues.
Apocalyptic yet familiar.
Literary prose meets the grotesque.
Invaginies is an invasion, it is a perception that is bodily and transcendent creating holes, paths, or pockets of alternate truth—and not always voluntary—enlightenment.
Why we’re excited about this book:
Joe Koch is one of the rising stars of the horror fiction world. The author of The Couvade, Soft Ceremonies (with Charlene Elsby, Sam Richard, and Jon Steffens), The Wingspan of Severed Hands, and Convulsive, their short-stories have appeared in such publications and anthologies as Children of the New Flesh: The Early Work and Pervasive Influence of David Cronenberg, The Book of Queer Saints: Volume I, Old Moon Quarterly, Your Body is Not Your Body: A New Weird Horror Anthology to Benefit Trans Youth in Texas, and Feral Architecture: Ballardian Horrors among others. Koch continues their exploration of postmodern horrors with a riveting new collection showcasing all-too-real nightmares and hellish landscapes. Tobias Carrol (Reactor) says: “Few writers can summon the visceral power that Joe Koch does in their work. Koch’s new collection Invaginies promises to bring more of that quality to the forefront, blending apocalyptic imagery with haunting analysis of social dynamics.” and Becky Spratford (Booklist) calls Invaginies “A thought-provoking collection that readers will experience physically, making it a great suggestion for those who like to mix their their literary fiction with visceral, lush prose, recounting stories that captivate and discomfort in equal measure … “
Why Joe’s excited about this book:
“I hope readers have an experience that changes and challenges them. Less sitting back in a comfy chair to read and more like they’ve gone through some shit. I want them to have images playing in their head like a waking dream and be left feeling as if they’ve had visions, or spent time in an alternate reality. I guess the greatest compliment is a reader who says they felt as if they’d been dosed with hallucinogens.”
Releasing from CLASH Books 25 June 2024, Invaginies by Joe Koch is available for pre-order now.
BOB PASTORELLA
