“Wonderment Within Weirdness”: Why My Debut Novel is Grand and Ambitious

When people think of debut novels, they often imagine modest, concise works—stories that are careful, restrained, and manageable for a first-time author. In contrast, my debut novel, Wonderment Within Weirdness, is over 600 pages. For many readers and writers, that alone might seem unusual for a first book. Debut novels typically aim to prove a writer’s skill without overwhelming themselves or the audience. But from the very beginning, I wanted my novel to be grand in scope. I wanted it […]

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Wonderment Within Weirdness: A Story That Contains Everything

When people talk about novels, especially debut novels, there is often an assumption that they will focus on one or two central themes. A book might be primarily about adventure, or love, or war, or philosophy. Some stories lean heavily into action, others into introspection. Many books are structured around a specific narrative focus, and that focus shapes how readers understand the story. But when I look at my debut novel, Wonderment Within Weirdness, something stands out to me in a very […]

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The Devil's Library by Joachim Glage is a book of lies, a book about books that don't exist, a book about dark magic hidden in the written word. "A great collection of stories!"
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The Hearing Trumpet - The Hermetic Library Blog

Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews The Hearing Trumpet [Amazon (Penguin), Amazon (NYRB), Amazon (Exact Press), Bookshop (NYRB), Libro.fm (Naxos), Publisher (NYRB), Local Library (Exact Change), Local Library (NYRB)] by Leonora Carrington Leonora Carrington is typically identified with the Surrealist movement, and her novel The Hearing Trumpet does reflect on the exoteric aspects of that […]

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"𝘐𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭… 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴… 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵… And then he saw it, that new strange expression. And this time it stayed on his face. He leaned forward, hoping to decode the emotion." —Jeff Noon in Somniscope: A Dreampunk Convergence (2024)

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