Convulsive by Joe Koch
“There’s something to be said of a writer with an exceptional dexterity when it comes to language, an expert prowess when it concerns crafting beguiling and truly visceral text that will mystify and astound even the most temperamental of readers. Joe Koch is indeed a writer with such a gift—an immense talent when it comes to language that spellbinds, enchants, and bewilders the reader until they are transformed. Their work is magnetic, transformative, and alluring while simultaneously serving as something especially grotesque.”
--Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
"Joe Koch is a phenomenal talent who writes with poetic fury. Heart-rending and fearsome, Convulsive joins a handful of collections that show off the range and importance of contemporary horror."
--Laird Barron, author of Swift to Chase
"The stories of Convulsive dazzle and stun the reader with brutal beauty and surreal intensity. This collection’s deftly subversive themes and stylistic complexity dare you to witness its unique and transgressive radiance."
--Tiffany Morris, author of Havoc In Silence
Joe Koch writes literary horror and surrealist trash. A Shirley Jackson Award finalist, author of The Wingspan of Severed Hands and The Couvade, their short fiction appears in Year's Best Hardcore Horror, The Big Book of Blasphemy, Not All Monsters, and many other journals and anthologies devoted to speculative horror, weird fiction, and lyrical splatter. Joe has an MA in Contemplative Psychotherapy from Naropa University and a strong commitment to growing facial hair. Find Joe online at horrorsong.blog and on Twitter @horrorsong.
--Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
"Joe Koch is a phenomenal talent who writes with poetic fury. Heart-rending and fearsome, Convulsive joins a handful of collections that show off the range and importance of contemporary horror."
--Laird Barron, author of Swift to Chase
"The stories of Convulsive dazzle and stun the reader with brutal beauty and surreal intensity. This collection’s deftly subversive themes and stylistic complexity dare you to witness its unique and transgressive radiance."
--Tiffany Morris, author of Havoc In Silence
Joe Koch writes literary horror and surrealist trash. A Shirley Jackson Award finalist, author of The Wingspan of Severed Hands and The Couvade, their short fiction appears in Year's Best Hardcore Horror, The Big Book of Blasphemy, Not All Monsters, and many other journals and anthologies devoted to speculative horror, weird fiction, and lyrical splatter. Joe has an MA in Contemplative Psychotherapy from Naropa University and a strong commitment to growing facial hair. Find Joe online at horrorsong.blog and on Twitter @horrorsong.