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“I’ve never read anything quite like The Plastic Priest, and I’m delighted I have. A witty and incisive portrait of a priest beset by doubts, it mutates into a comedy of uncanny paranoia before exploding into weirdness that’s as disturbing as it’s liberating. Nicole Cushing’s tale is a stimulating challenge, and her spare precise prose is a constant pleasure.” – Ramsey Campbell, author of Alone With the Horrors

“Have you ever read a book so strange, and so arresting, that you can’t tell where one quality ends and the other begins? A book so lucid in its dark experimental weirdness and insight that you can’t look away? That was me while reading The Plastic Priest. I couldn’t look away. And I’m glad I didn’t.” – Matt Cardin, author of To Rouse Leviathan

Nicole Cushing is one of the sharpest, most innovative writers in the field today.” – Thomas Tessier

When the soul has been thoroughly poisoned, the body must abandon it. Everything feels unreal afterwards, but plastic heads shed no tears. Bram Stoker Award® winning author Nicole Cushing offers an excursion into the Weird, a quiet novella of a madwoman in a mad town, as an Episcopal priest grapples with the meaning of faith, reality, and if there is anything real to either of them, at the end of it all.

Today is the release date for my new novel Mothwoman.

Where should you buy it?

The absolute best option is to order it directly from the publisher, Word Horde. They can sell you the ebook (in your choice of format). Or, they can sell you the trade paperback edition with an exclusive signed bookplate bundled together with the ebook (in your choice of format).

It’s also available from at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, etc.

Preorder directly from the publisher (Word Horde) to receive the Mothwoman bundle. It includes a copy of the trade paperback, a signed bookplate, and the ebook version of your choice.

“With this new take on legendary cryptid Mothman, Cushing (A Sick Gray Laugh) dives head-first into the surreal horror and humor lurking just below the surface of 2020 America…[F]ans of weird horror and surreal psychological fiction will find plenty to enjoy.”

You can read the entire review here.

Mothwoman will be released on October 11.

“A dizzying story about one individual’s confrontation with the transient nature of reality, and what this encounter strips away within her. A sharp, quirky adventure that overlaps alien abduction, horror, conspiracy, cryptids and existential dread in a way that only Nicole Cushing could manage to pull off.”

I’m have great respect and admiration for Evenson’s work, so obviously this praise thrills me. Can’t wait to share the book with y’all!

I’ve inked another deal with Word Horde!

Mothwoman is a novel about family, grief, aliens, mental illness, trauma, sexism, the Mothman legend, Covid, and the encroachment of unreality into American political life.

This one, I think, combines the style and playful dark satire of A Sick Gray Laugh with the grimness and relatively quick pace of Mr. Suicide. I can’t wait to share this with y’all!

Advance Praise for Mothwoman

“A dizzying story about one individual’s confrontation with the transient nature of reality, and what this encounter strips away within her. A sharp, quirky adventure that overlaps alien abduction, horror, conspiracy, cryptids and existential dread in a way that only Nicole Cushing could manage to pull off.” — Brian Evenson

Please consider sharing this post far and wide. I’m the small press underdog here. Word of mouth is the best way to create some excitement. Are you a reviewer Interested in an ARC? Send me an email (nicolecushingwriter-at-gmail-dot-com) and I’ll add you to the list to receive one when it becomes available. Are you a podcaster? Feel free to message me about appearing on your show.

So excited!

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