The Queen of No Tomorrows
A Hazeland Novel
by Matt Maxwell
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Pub Date Jul 05 2023 | Archive Date May 31 2023
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Description
Cait MacReady is an ex-punk rocker, having spent her college years bouncing around the underground that was quickly burning out and becoming something more hardcore. She spent time interning with occult mystery hunters running their own ramshackle television show. She became a librarian and book restorer. She became a forger, recreating lost and forbidden volumes of magickal power, all the time never once believing that there was anything to all that and steering well clear of anyone who did.
She made up a book of her own. Just to see what happened. To see if she could fool anyone into thinking that it was real history, real magic, real power.
Then she met the Queen.
The Queen already knows about the book, already believes in its power, already craves what is written within those pages. And she'll do anything to posses it.
Returning to print in a newly-revised edition, The Queen of No Tomorrows brings you a story of past Los Angeles, where strange and magical terrors collide with streetwise artists and criminals and world-weary cops. All of them have a glimpse of what's on the other side, but none of them are complete. None of them knows what's coming.
Originally released in 2018, The Queen of No Tomorrows returns in summer of 2023 in a revised edition. Accompanying the original novel is a new novella entitled "Dreams are Made of Us," telling the story of the band Dreamless, who may have stumbled into overnight success after a decade of grinding out gigs. But success comes at the cost of playing someone else's song. Only this time it's the Queen of No Tomorrows who is calling the tune.
A Note From the Publisher
Originally published in 2018 by Broken Eye Books, this volume has been revised and includes a new 20k-word long novella entitled "Dreams are Made of Us".
Advance Praise
“Maxwell’s prose is austere and stinging.”
– Laird Barron (Swift to Chase)
“Matt Maxwell gives us a lean, weird, noir meditation on yearning and creation that’s as guarded and dangerous on one hand and lonely and desperate on the other as the 1980s Los Angeles punk rock underground of its setting. Queen of No Tomorrows delivers with economy and surprising heart.”
– Matthew Wayne Selznick (Light of the Outsider and Brave Men Run)
“This dark, subversive ride produces profound longing for an LA you’ve never experienced but wish you had. Maxwell has the rare ability to craft stories that leave you saturated with horror and awe in equal measure. I absolutely loved this book.”
– Corinna Bechko (The Expanse and Green Lantern: Earth Two)
“LA noir goes weird and eerie in Matt Maxwell’s Queen of no Tomorrows. You might think you’re merely faking an ancient text for profit, but the power of The Word is real and its truth will likely slither from the shadows of your imagination and bite you. Intriguing and finely written.”
– Jamie Delano (Hellblazer and the Leepus books)
“Queen of No Tomorrows is a dark and riveting page-turner where magic and otherworldly horrors lurk just beneath the surface of everyday life (and between the covers of a unique book). Mixing a noir-vibe with supernatural fantasy, the story is a suspenseful ride that comes to a satisfyingly epic finish.”
– Maria Haskins (Six Dreams About the Train and Other Stories)
Marketing Plan
Still in progress. Planning on paid blog tours and whatever other interest I can gather. Have a future interview planned on the Lovecraft E-Zine Podcast, probably after release unfortunately.
Still in progress. Planning on paid blog tours and whatever other interest I can gather. Have a future interview planned on the Lovecraft E-Zine Podcast, probably after release unfortunately.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780979695780 |
| PRICE | $14.99 (USD) |
