Just Read: PAM KOWOLSKI IS A MONSTER! by Sarah Langan
Sometimes you just want to read a book that is pure fun, and if you’re in the mood for a quick read that really packs a punch, then allow me to introduce you to PAM KOWOLSKI IS A MONSTER! forthcoming from Sarah Langan and Raw Dog Screaming Press. KOWOLSKI is a fast-paced novella, but don’t mistake its small page count for a small story, because if anyone knows how to wallop you in only about 120-odd pages, it’s Sarah Langan—and she does not disappoint in this totally unhinged, absurdly delightful ripper of a novella. It’s a middle finger to social media influencer culture that pulls in the televangelist / telepsychic heydey of the 90s in a pulpy, poppy, glorious mess with a narrator so petty and so human that she’s simultaneously completely horrible and totally relatable, making you question your own grudges and memories. This one is a ride that pushes you up, up, up to the veeeery top of the rollercoaster, then lets go so abruptly that your pulse hangs in your throat while you enjoy the fall.
If Janet Chow hadn’t been such a jerk to everyone at Sewanhaka High, they might have voted her Most Likely to Succeed. Twenty-plus years later, life hasn’t turned out how Janet expected. She’s rudderless, her career in journalism crashed, burned, and buried. How did it come to this?
But then one day, Janet recognizes her mortal enemy from high school—Pam Kowolski! Somehow, Pam’s become America’s manic pixie sweetheart, an online psychic predicting the end of the world. Pam’s rich, hawt, and famous, meanwhile Janet looks…middle aged. How did this happen? How did Pam Kowolski steal Janet’s life?
Janet knows the truth: there’s no way a dumb ass like Pam earned her success. She’s lying about her powers. The world isn’t ending. Pam’s a FRAUD. It’s time for Janet to wake up and claim what’s hers by writing an article that TAKES PAM DOWN.
But to reveal Pam, she’s got to dig deep into their shared past. There’s bad stuff back there, scary stuff, and the more Janet learns, the more she worries: what if Pam Kowolski is right?
PAM KOWOLSKI IS A MONSTER! is forthcoming from Sarah Langan and Raw Dog Screaming Press on May 21.
