Dionysus and I Sip On Cabernet and Talk Sh*t

by B.T. Hayes

"BT Hayes has written a sharp-toothed collection of funny, devastating meditations on love and sex with animals, humans, and monsters. Funny, strange, and heartbreaking in equal measure. Delightfully absurd, devastatingly real." -Zach Zimmerman, comedian and author of IS IT HOT IN HERE?

38 pages, Paperback

First published July 7, 2023

Reviews

[Emily Perkovich · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was gorgeous and surreal and I loved every moment of it. Balcony will especially stick with me for a long time. Can’t wait to read more from this author.

Thank you Wrong Publishing for the eARC

[Natalie D.C. · Rating 4 out of 5]

~Thank you to Wrong Publishing for providing me an ARC in exchange for an honest review~
A dark, yet witty collection of short stories about love, mundanity and modernity. The prose was sharp, the characters were painfully realistic and the situtations were deliciously absurd - I breezed right through this collection! My favorites from this work include "The Turtle," "The Balcony," and "Dionysus and I Sip on Cabernet and Talk Shit" (which, I must add, is an incredible title for this collection). Can't wait to see what BT Hayes comes out with next! <3

[Briar Page · Rating 4 out of 5]

Most of these stories are microfictional vignettes in a mode I want to call "postmodern heteropessimist fabulism," but they're notable primarily for Hayes' prose style. It's playful, elusive, tricky, a little psychedelic, and very fun to read. Like Magic Eye pictures, each story takes a few paragraphs to resolve into something coherent.

[Siobhan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm not always a short story collection person, but I loved how this chapbook was so poetic and unusual. The titular piece in particular I really enjoyed, with its mixture of classical mythology and relationships and the messiness of people.

[Alice M. · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent short read. I was so impressed I applied to be an editor at Wrong.