Hot Singles in Your Area

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A blistering body-horror following two imperfect strangers ensnared by a sinister media powerhouse.

Noah desperately needs a new job that involves less blood and piss than his current one. So, when he spots an ad for a newspaper with 'No experience preferred', he puts on his good shirt and marches down to their average-looking office to unknowingly sign his life away.

Malachia is the only human left in the City of Silence and she spends her time wandering its empty, bone-filled streets. Until one day she finds a lone figure hunched over a typewriter, his fingers enmeshed with the keys. Could he be the answer to finding her lost love

Propelled by their pursuits for rent money and truth, Noah and Malachia are pushed to their limits in this tightly-plotted satire of occupational hazards and conglomerate powers.

'Shiveley writes like a ghoul living in the haunted house that is the internet.' Meg Elison, author of the Road to Nowhere trilogy

'Jordan's writing is the sharpest and leaves the deepest marks.' John Wiswell, author of Someone You Can Build a Nest In

Reviews

• 'Strangely funny and dancing to the strange sound of its own drum, this novel has one foot in body horror and one foot in something akin to bizarro fiction . . . Hot Singles in Your Area is a long joke, an experimental novel, and a conversation starter.' Locus Magazine
• 'Light and energetic, with plenty of sharp humor and clever jabs at both corporate culture and popular horror tropes' Publishers Weekly
• This horror comedy shows what H. P. Lovecraft would write if he were forced to work as a temp in a modern office . . . Shiveley blends eldritch horrors with workplace comedy Booklist
• 'Few authors understand the magnitude of the genre's evolution like Jordan Shiveley . . . Readers of the classics and the iconoclasts of horror will not be able to resist the scent of fresh blood here. Drink deep' Meg Elison, author of 'The Road to Nowhere' trilogy
• 'Shively brings his dark biting wit and his flair for cosmic horror from the digital realm to the printed page, and the results will leave you laughing, shuddering and looking over your shoulder' David Demchuk, author of The Bone Mother
• 'Full of sharp and, at times, terrifying wit, Hot Singles in Your Area crosses traditional novelistic storytelling with a kind of mixed media madness that will periodically have you questioning your sanity. From humdrum workplaces to horrors beyond this world, Hot Singles in Your Area isnt just a book. Its an experience' Richard Kadrey, author of the 'Sandman Slim' series
• 'Devastating in its bottom-of-the-grave black humour, Hot Singles in Your Area reminds readers that life is precious, fleeting and has already been promised to the void' Jen Vaughn, author of Goosebumps: Download and Die!
• 'Of all the things that could escape a closet full of hungry teeth, Jordan's writing is the sharpest and leaves the deepest marks' John Wiswell, author of Someone You Can Build a Nest In
• 'The longer I kept reading, the louder and wetter the knocking outside the bedroom door became. If I stop reading I think theyll come in. I can never stop reading. I dont want to stop reading' Marie Enger, creator of Casket Land
• 'It is rare that a work feels as comfortable as a warm towel straight out of the dryer and as disorienting as unseen nails dragged across the back of your neck' Steven Dunne, author of Seed of Doubt
• 'I cannot physically put this book down' Joshua Mendenhall, Co-Director of Islands of Sina Una

Author Bio

Jordan Shiveley is the author of the Dread Singles X account. Their work has been seen in a variety of short fiction venues such as The Best Horror of the Year Vol. 15 Nightmare Magazine, Voidjunk, Baffling (Neon Hemlock), and tabletop roleplaying games. They live and work in Minneapolis, Minnesota.