Here comes VELOCITIES

Kirkus Reviews says VELOCITIES is “unafraid . . .An impressive collection.”

Jeff VanderMeer says is “Kathe Koja once again proves with VELOCITIES that she’s adept at plunging the reader into strange and unexpected places. One of my favorite collections of the year.”

Gemma Files says “VELOCITIES is prime Kathe Koja, with all that that entails: super-charged, dense as hell, oblique, glorious.“ Douglas Clegg says “These are dangerous, artful tales of mounting tension, impossible to put down.“ In Aurealis, Eugen Bacon says “ ead Koja like you’re nibbling truffles, each bite a road to metamorphosis.”

So VELOCITIES arrives at its launch with lots of help from its amazing friends. Launching at the Ferndale Area District Library feels even more meaningful now—not only are libraries such an enormous part of my life as a reader and a writer, they’re the place where civilization keeps its ongoing memory and ideas.

VELOCITIES’ launch will include a Q&A, book signing, and the premiere performative fiction event “Fireflies,” where I’ll be joined by movement artist Rachael Ahn Harbert, musician Chad Stocker, and visual artist Rick Lieder, to create the intimacy of great darkness sparked with living light.