a + e by Ryszard Merey with Orange Tic Tacs

/ Rachel

Fiction To Sink Your Teeth Into, a feature normally written by professional chef Rohan O’Duill, has been taken over this month by Rachel A. Rosen, who co-wrote a book about being bad at cooking.

a + e (Seasons Book 1: Spring) by Ryszard Merey is a haunting and luminous tale of doomed queer love and friendship. If you’ve ever had a teenage crush on your best friend, snuck into a club wearing fishnet, or otherwise got your mess splattered over everyone else in your life, this book is for you. In it, Ash seems to subsist entirely off orange Tic Tacs, while Eu eats everything he won’t touch.

The cover of A+E, which doesn't even have the author's name or title on it, on an iPad. It depicts two gothy, gender-ambiguous teenagers in an embrace. In front of it, sitting on a picnic table, is a package of orange tic tacs, some of them on the table itself. I had to chase a cat off the picnic table to get this shot, and he used this opportunity to sneak into my house and start eating my cat's food, so I hope you appreciate my sacrifice here.

Recipe:

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You can buy the book here.

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