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New releases of fiction, non-fiction, and comics have caught our attention.
Sacrificial Animals Kylie Pedersen
There’s something about the idea of returning home and reawakening dormant family trauma that makes for a great horror story. Sacrificial Animals is no exception: In the novel, brothers Nick and Joshua Morrow return to their family farm in Nebraska after years of estrangement from their abusive father, reopening old wounds and allowing supernatural forces to take hold. Sacrificial Animals Switching between “then” and “present” perspectives, the film depicts the boys’ childhoods spent under a violent, racist man and the gravity of their return after learning he is near death.
This slow-burn horror tale weaves Chinese mythology into its ornate language and Cormac McCarthy-esque lack of quotation marks (and McCarthy-esque cruelty) gives it a folk-tale feel, but if you’re planning on reading this book, I’d recommend not reading the synopsis, which gives away a little too much where the story is headed.
Garbage Talk: An Eye-Opening Exploration of Earth’s Dirtiest Problem Iris Gottlieb
Humanity’s waste problem is so big and complex that it’s hard for us to even comprehend it, especially if we’re so disconnected from reality. I mean, it feels like every other week we learn that things we’ve long been taught were recyclable are actually not recyclable, and that our waste is piling up into space. Garbage Talk: An Eye-Opening Exploration of Earth’s Dirtiest Problem This book analyses the issue as a whole, delving into different aspects of global waste production and management and exploring how we got to where we are today.
Packed with illustrations and insights that help contextualize a problem that, sadly, won’t be solved anytime soon, this book is a great read for anyone wanting to know what actually happens when they “throw” their trash.
Convert John Arcudi, Savannah Finley
The first thing that came to my mind when I saw the cover of issue 1 was Convert It’s Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach trilogy. A man in a spacesuit, helmet removed, stands in a field holding a giant gun, surrounded by strange plants that look as if they’re trying to engulf him. As I read on, I kept making mental comparisons to VanderMeer’s Area X series, but the plot unfolds in the final few panels: Convert You can tell your own unique story.
The first issue of Image Comics’ new sci-fi/fantasy series was released this week, and it’s a visual delight. “Science officer Orrin Kutera is stranded on a distant planet, starving and haunted by the ghosts of his dead crew,” reads the opening page description. “On the brink of death, he makes a startling discovery.” Convert It is written by John Arcudi, illustrated by Savannah Finley, colored by Miguel Coe, and lettered by Michael Heisler. Issue 2 will be released on September 25th.
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