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Exclusive Interview: “Skin” Author Kathe Koja

 

William Shakespeare once wrote, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” But not every player has everyone’s best interest at heart.

Originally released in 1993, Kathe Koja’s queer, body horror / weird fiction novel Skin is less a story and more a performance. Or so she explains in the following email interview about the new version of Skin, which Meerkat Press are rereleasing in paperback.

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Exclusive Interview: “The Cipher” Author Kathe Koja

 

It’s been nearly thirty years since writer Kathe Koja released her first strange and scary novel, The Cipher. But rather than buying it a pearl necklace, the good people at Meerkat Press are instead bestowing this story with a new paperback edition, one that goes along great with the recent audiobook version…and the 8-year-old Kindle edition. In the following email interview about it, Koja discusses both this story and the other books she has coming soon or newly released.

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Exclusive Interview: “Velocities” Author Kathe Koja

 

Thanks to social distancing and “stay at home” orders, some people are finally reading that really, really long novel they’ve been putting off for years. But for people who still can’t find the time, or the inclination, might we suggest a short story or two. In the following email interview, writer Kathe Koja discusses her new short story collection Velocities (paperback, Kindle), as well as the upcoming reissue of her 1991 novel, The Cipher (paperback).