Book Launch for SMALL GODS OF CALAMITY by Sam Kyung Yoo
Join us March 4, 2024 via Zoom to Celebrate the Publication of SMALL GODS OF CALAMITY, Yoo’s Debut Novella
This event requires registration. Seats are limited.
Save the date! We’re hosting Sam Kyung Yoo to celebrate the publication of their debut novella, Small Gods of Calamity. This is one you won’t want to miss. Yoo’s story is heartfelt, authentic, and the kind of detective mystery that keeps you guessing.
About the BookGhosts that speak in smoke. Spirits with teeth like glass. A parasitic, soul-eating spirit worm has gone into a feeding frenzy, but all the Jong-ro Police Department’s violent crimes unit sees is a string of suicides. Except for Kim Han-gil, Seoul’s only spirit detective. He’s seen this before. He’ll do anything to stop another tragedy from happening, even if that means teaming up with Shin Yoonhae, the man Han-gil believes is responsible for the horrifying aftermath of his mother’s last exorcism. In their debut novella, Sam Kyung Yoo weaves a tale of mystical proportions that’s part crime-thriller, part urban fantasy.
“An expertly-layered detective mystery filled with folkloric spirits, rich atmosphere, and a pulsing, emotional core, Small Gods of Calamity stays riveting from intriguing opening to beautiful conclusion. Yoo’s unforgettable debut is a wonderfully queer exploration of grief, trauma, and reckoning with the past that will leave your heart aching in the best way.” — Kelsea Yu, Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author of Bound Feet and It’s Only a Game
About the AuthorSam Kyung Yoo is a queer/ace author and third-degree black belt taekwondo instructor from Massachusetts. They graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in English, creative writing, and film studies, but have since abandoned academia to write stories about ghosts, East Asian folklore, and sad robots. Their work has been published by Fantasy, Neon Hemlock Press, Strange Horizons, among others. You can find them online at samkyungyoo.com.
Date:
Monday, March 4, 2024
7:30pm CST
Online via Zoom, registration required (Limited to 25 attendees.)
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“A gripping, absolutely un-put-downable novella. Yoo hooks you from the first page to the last with a riveting supernatural murder mystery that plays out partly in our everyday world and partly in the perilous world of spirits and ghosts. In the midst of soul-destroying danger and darkness, the main characters are infused with a bright and gentle light, and I hope this isn’t the last time I get to meet Detective Kim Han-gil.” — Maria Haskins, author of Wolves & Girls and Six Dreams About the Train[image error]
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