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While you’ve in the process of checking out the new issue of elimae, you should also have a peek at a novel released by BRANDON HOBSON, who used to be regularly featured on elimae back in the day, and later released this novel on Ravenna Press, who have also released excellent titles by Kim Chinquee, Norman Lock, Cooper Esteban, Jane Unrue, M Sarki, and many others.

THE LEVITATIONIST is a quick read, but immensely haunting. Hobson uses fairy tale imagery laced with heavy, David Lynch-ish noir tactics to create a surreal anti-verse where a child learns to levitate, a woman leaves her body parts around for her cheating husband to uncover, and other maddening, wonderful imagery that will stick with you for a long time.

Fans of Thomas Bernhard’s THE VOICE IMITATOR, Grimm’s fairy tales, Gabriel Garcia Marquez or other magic-enhanced text creators should check this out ASAP.

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