Violet Lichen Books is so excited to add a brilliant new book to its catalog today. Happy Book Release Day to THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR by Ivy Grimes!
This gorgeous novella is a magical blend of the supernatural and the mundane, the beautiful and the weird. Ivy’s prose has a way of drawing you into her truly memorable characters, and the story constantly surprises, shifting seamlessly between weird and creepy to funny and surreal.
BOOK LAUNCH EVENT
Join the book-release party this evening, Wednesday, Mar 25 from 8 pm to 9 pm EDT! The Cellar Below The Cellar | A Fabled Book Launch is a free, online launch event featuring an exclusive interview with the author, a live reading from the book, a Q&A session, and book giveaways.
Ivy Grimes will be joined by special quests Christi Nogle, author of Bram Stoker Award® winning novel Beulah; T.J. Price, author of The Disappearance of Tom Nero; and Sasha Brown, prolific author of surreal and weird short fiction.
The event is hosted by the horror community’s beloved P.L. McMillan, author of What Remains When The Stars Burn Out and Sisters of the Crimson Vine, and cohost of The Dead Languages Podcast. Sign up here.
ABOUT THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR
Here are a few things that trade reviews and early reviewers have said about the book:
“Grimes conjures a world that is simultaneously vast, mysterious, and fully lived in, replete with idiosyncratic folk horror elements. … Kelly Link fans won’t want to miss this.”
—Publishers Weekly Starred Review
“Trust me when I say the folk horror community needs this book.”
—Sadie Hartmann, the Bram Stoker Awards® winning author of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered
“Ivy Grimes has a one-of-a-kind voice and is at her best here!”
—Christi Nogle, author of the Bram Stoker Award® winning novel, Beulah
“A unique twist on a post-apocalyptic story.”
— Joseph Pietris, editor and reviewer at The Horror Tree
“Spectacular and idiosyncratic in all the ways masterful works of fiction are.”
—RSL, author and reviewer at The Fantasy Hive
“Like a vintage, delicate, and beautiful fairy tale. … Definitely on my favorites list.”
—P.L. McMillan, author of Sisters of the Crimson Vine and cohost of the Dead Languages Podcast
This beautiful cover art is by Jack Hillside with cover design by Mikio Murakami at SilentQDesign.
BACK COVER DESCRIPTION
A playfully dark folk horror inspired by the fairy tale “Vasilisa the Beautiful” and the mythology around Frau Perchta, set under the blazing sky of endless auroras.
When a wild solar storm wipes out all electronics and traps Jane at her grandmother’s house in the woods, she is forced to start a new life off-grid as part of a small, isolated community.
However, there is something very strange about her new neighbors, and the longer she lives under the eerie glow of the auroras, the more she feels her grandmother may be hiding unsettling secrets.
To have any hope in her new world, Jane must find the courage to step into her power and claim her identity, but that would mean facing whatever hides in the cellar below the cellar—a place that seems to be waiting for her.
Full of delightfully weird surprises and off-kilter characters, this adult coming-of-age story explores themes of female empowerment, spirituality, identity, and community. For fans of Kelly Link, Karen Russell, Otessa Moshfegh, and Leonora Carrington.
This title is distributed through Independent Publishers Group. Retailers, if you are interested in stocking this title, please reach out to IPG at orders@ipgbooks.com.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ivy Grimes is originally from Birmingham, Alabama and currently lives in Virginia. She has an MFA from the University of Alabama. Her stories have appeared in The Baffler, Vastarien, hex, Maudlin House, ergot., Potomac Review, and elsewhere. She is the author of the collection Glass Stories (Grimscribe Press) and The Ghosts of Blaubart Mansion (Cemetery Gates). To learn more, please visit http://www.ivyivyivyivy.com.
BUY YOUR COPY TODAY!
You can order a copy of this novella at the below online booksellers or anywhere good books are sold.
Violet Lichen / Apex Book Company
Or support your community bookstore and buy locally!
BOOKSELLERS & LIBRARIANS
Interested in stocking Cellar Below the Cellar or other Violet Lichen titles? Our books are distributed through Independent Publishers Group. Reach out to IPG at orders@ipgbooks.com.
ISBN 9781955765411
MSRP paperback: $18.95
MSRP ebook: $9.99
Page Count: 180
Trim: 8.5 x 5.5
Rights: U.S. & Canada
Distributor: Independent Publishers Group
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