Jac Jemc
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
A wildly over-the-top social satire reimagining the mad misadventures of the iconic royal cousins King Ludwig and Empress Sisi, from the incomparable Jac Jemc.
History knows them as King Ludwig II of Bavaria and Empress Elizabeth of Austria, icons of the late nineteenth century who died young and left behind magnificent portraits and palaces. But to each other they were Ludwig and Sisi, cousins who shared a passion for beauty and a stubborn refusal...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A chilling literary horror novel about a young couple haunted by their newly purchased home Jac Jemc's The Grip of It tells the eerie story of a young couple haunted by their new home. Julie and James settle into a house in a small town outside the city where they met. The move--prompted by James's penchant for gambling, his inability to keep his impulses in check--is quick and seamless; both Julie and James are happy to leave behind their usual...
Author
Publisher
MCD x FSG Originals, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The mundane becomes sinister in a disquieting story collection from the author of The Grip of It. In Jemc's dislocating second story collection, sinister forces--some supernatural, some of this earth, some real and some not--work their ways into everyday life.
Author
Publisher
Dzanc Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A thief steals the air from a room. Children invent a nursery rhyme to make sense of their fate, and a band of girls rots from the outside in. These characters stumble through joy and murder and confusion, only to survive and wait for the next catastrophe to arrive. Moments so brief and disturbing you can't afford to look away. Jac Jamc''s affecting stories mine the territory between what is real and what it means to create understanding.
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A collection of never-before-published short stories by many of our most preeminent authors as well as up-and-coming superstars. Published in partnership with the beloved literary radio program and live show Selected Shorts"--
