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    Playlist for Dark Matter by Kathe Koja

    By Kathe Koja I love, love, love book playlists. Playlists are vibe, they’re ambience, they give us a way into the book’s heart before we even start reading. The music, the hum, the sounds of Dark Matter—it pulses and spools, throbs like a heart or a bassline in the club, makes ultimatums and offers forgiveness, […] More

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    Q&A with Bunny Graves from Kathe Koja’s Dark Matter

    Bunny Graves is the combustible engine of Dark Matter: a woman trying to outrun her own history and out-fight pain, while she kicks and spins the teetering world to pieces—and when she meets star producer Ari Regon, she knows she’s found the one person who can help her do it, recognizing in Ari the same […] More

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    Kathe Koja shares her SKIN playlist

    By Kathe Koja SKIN is a novel that loves sound: the wrench and clang of metal, the hiss of water hitting iron, the murmurs and shrieks of an audience, the whisper of blood on the knife. So of course it needs a suitable playlist. Inspired by a reader’s question during the Meerkat Press launch, here’s […] More

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    Excerpt from Kathe Koja’s Dark Park

    We are thrilled to share an excerpt from Kathe Koja’s new book, Dark Park, a follow-up to her immersive novel Dark Factory. The only thing wilder than a night at the club is the morning after, in Paradise. DARK FACTORY opened the doors to a reality-bending dance club, an online immersive portal, and the feeling […] More

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    Dark Factory by Kathe Koja | Teaser

     *warning – video contains scenes with flashing and/or strobe lights. Website: https://darkfactory.club/ Book Page: https://meerkatpress.com/books/dark-f… Welcome to Dark Factory! You may experience strobe effects, Y reality, DJ beats, love, sex, betrayal, triple shot espresso, broken bones, broken dreams, ecstasy, self-knowledge, and the void.Dark Factory is a dance club: three floors of DJs, drinks, and customizable reality, everything […] More

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    Five Books* That Bring All the Vibes

    by Kathe Koja Whenever a new book comes out, one way to decide if we want to read it is to compare it to other books, not only for its genre but for its bedrock literary vibe. The feelings and sensations a narrative conjures can be just as compelling, and just as important, as the […] More

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    Kathe Koja’s Top 5 Halloween Book Recommendations

    Kathe Koja, author of many novels including the classic award-winning, THE CIPHER, which is back in paperback this month after almost 30 years from Meerkat Press, shared with us her top five Halloween Book recommendations. Be sure to finish as there is an exciting giveaway at the end along with details on THE CIPHER reissue. […] More

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    Kathe Koja’s Velocities: Stories, Review and Giveaway

    Kathe Koja (The Cipher, Extremities) brings us 13 stories, 2 previously unpublished, in her new collection Velocities: Stories. In reading this collection, one thing becomes immediately clear: Koja is a master prose stylist. Like a fine restaurant, she provides an experience that is unlike any this reviewer has encountered. There is an urgent, restless, sometimes […] More