please check out @yvesdot's remastered debut! trust me, it's worth a read and a reread and a re-revisit. for the blog tour, i give you... another blast from the past, an old-fashioned writeblr-style comic sans powerpoint!
Something’s Not Right, published by tRaum Books, will be released October 10th 2023 and is available to preorder at Amazon, Bookshop.org, and itch.io. It will also be available upon release signed from Bookshop Santa Cruz. yves. will also have a local event at 6:30 PM on October 12th at the Santa Cruz Diversity Center and another on January 4th 2024 (to be announced) at Bookshop Santa Cruz.
(my sixth favorite story is koschei, btw. shoutout to koschei. sorry i left you off the slides)
(slides described under the cut)
all slides are written in white comic sans on a black background.
slide one: text reading "FIVE reasons YOU should read" over a cropped image of the cover for Something's Not Right, featuring the title. smaller comic sans next to the image reads "by yves."
slide two: at the center of the slide, text reads "1. IT'S GAY!" smaller text boxes, scattered around the slide, read:
so many transgender people
you want fluff? we got fluff. you want angst? we got angst. you want high octane drama? we got it
you like metaphors for queerness? we’ve got metaphors for queerness
some characters’ identities are plot relevant! some of them just happen to be trans!
there’s even an m/f couple i actually like!
there’s literally a lesbian robot what else am i supposed to say
first book where i ever saw a they/them lesbian referred to as a woman and they at the same time <3 <3 <3
you want monsterfucking? we got—
between the first and third boxes is this image of feathers. beneath the monsterfucking box is this image of a halo/eclipse. beneath the they/them lesbian box is the anakin image from this post, reading, "dyke business. go back to your drinks"
slide three: the top of the slide reads "2. CLEVER USE OF TROPES AND TALES." the bullet points beneath read:
the author was a lit major & lovingly: it shows
fresh takes on everything from sexy vampires to demigod/human romance
do you like russian folklore? do you wish it was set in your high school
hansel and gretel story followed immediately by wlw fairies
STORY WHERE VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN GOES TO A PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE
an arrow points from the sexy vampire bullet to an image of edward cullen, captioned "this guy isn't in there." another points from the frankenstein bullet to a picture of the book Frankenstein, captioned "this guy is, tho"
slide four: at the center of the slide, text reads "3. DELIGHTFUL NARRATIVE VOICE." smaller text boxes read "the sheer range of the range of character narrations in this book is impressive and so fun" and "we got teen talk we got litfic prose we got monsters narrating we got ordinary people." there are also three quotes from various stories, set in speech bubbles:
“Everyone’s cousin Tanya says she’s done it with an elf dude. That doesn’t mean shit.”
“And all of these things were true, and simultaneous, and all of them were occurring only a moment before she might be killed, and rise again.”
“At first, the plants seemed quite innocuous, and Ephraim watched them pile up on the windows of the little greenhouse with mild curiosity.”
there is also an edited image of the "she doesn't have the range" meme, reading, "they have the range."
slide five: the top of the slide reads "4. DON’T LIKE ONE-OFFS? NO PROBLEM!" the bullet points beneath read:
do you prefer your short stories unrelated to each other? completely tonally variant?
SNR has got that!
do you prefer your short stories interconnected? do you like recurring characters? do you want to see… characters from OTHER yves. projects?
SNR has got that too!
smaller text boxes read "Red and Eliza from Forest Castles are there!" and "maybe avner too. i'm not allowed to say"
there is also a picture of hannah montana's "best of both worlds" album.
slide six: the top of the slide reads "5. THERE ARE NEW STORIES IN IT!" the bullet points beneath read:
already an SNR fan? already have a copy? you haven’t yet read the new content!
THREE new stories
what if the alien abductee you were interviewing had questions… for you?
what if you had to love-potion your crush… for someone else?
what if you had to come out to your date… AS A MONSTER?
there are clipart images on the side of an alien spaceship, a bubbling potion, and a lit candle.
slide seven: word art with a glowing green shadow reads "max's favorite stories :)". each story blurb goes with a corresponding image:
Six Hours Under: the woman on the L train is crying, dead, and very very pretty. [clipart of a train]
Monsters and The Guy: there’s a guy in Arrivals. he’s being weird about it. [clipart of an airport]
The Hands and The Mouth: the story-speakers speak only in script. there are only a few of them left. [clipart of rolling waves]
Don't Feel Guilty: a teen’s plant collection starts to unnerve their father. [clipart of a leaf]
Blood Orange Tea: getting trapped at work with your crush is awkward even when you’re not a vampire. [clipart of iced tea]
slide eight: large text reads "THANK YOU. GO FORTH AND BUY SNR." in smaller text is the information paragraph from this post.
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