Any good horror lit fan knows it’s never too early to start planning your spooky season reads – luckily for you, we’ve got an exclusive trailer for Sofia Ajram’s “mind-bending and visceral experimental” horror novel, Coup de Grâce, which hits shelves in October of this year.
Publishers Titan Books describe Coup de Grâce, which follows a young man trapped in an infinite Montreal subway station, as being perfect for readers of Mark Z. Danielewski and Susanna Clarke.
A full plot synopsis reads as follows:
Vicken has a plan: throw himself into the Saint Lawrence River in Montreal and end it all for good, believing it to be the only way out for him after a lifetime of depression and pain. But, stepping off the subway, he finds himself in an endless, looping station.Determined to find a way out again, he starts to explore the rooms and corridors ahead of him. But no matter how many claustrophobic hallways or vast cathedral-esque rooms he passes through, the exit is nowhere in sight. The more he explores his strange new prison, the more he becomes convinced that he hasn’t been trapped there accidentally, and amongst the shadows and concrete, he comes to realise that he almost certainly is not alone…
Here’s a little more about author Ajram…
Sofia Ajram (he/she) is a metalsmith and literary horror writer who specializes in feverish stories of anomalous architecture and gay pining. He is the editor of the forthcoming Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror. She has also given lectures on contemporary horror films at Monstrum Montreal and serves as a moderator of r/horror on Reddit. Sofia lives in Montreal with her cat Isa. Find them on Twitter and Instagram @sofiaajram.
Feverish stories? Anomalous architecture? Gay pining? We’re so in.
You can pre-order your copy of Coup de Grâce here if you’re in the US, here if you’re in Canada or here if you’re in the UK. Here’s the exclusive trailer – don’t get lost…
