I dread not hearing from you.

— Query by Zilla Novikov

City planner by day, tired climate activist by day off, aspiring writer Zilla Novikov’s query letters quickly devolve into a darkly funny exploration of her own psyche. As the rejections pile up, her novel blurbs and biographies grow increasingly unhinged, while Zilla discovers that the road to bestseller-dom is paved with neoliberal hellscapes.

This book is a scathing satire with genuine passion and heart at its core. Come for the wit and the blackout poetry, stay for the actual inspiration to fight the good fight.
— Rachel A. Rosen, author of Cascade

Want an e-book or a print book with a safe for work cover? That’s Amazon, but also other online book retailers—Beyond Cataclysm is a rad choice, among others. Want an e-book with an exclusive cover too risque for Amazon? Get it at tRaum Books.

Want a review copy? E-mail nightbeatseu (at) gmail (dot) com and tell Zilla where you’ll review the book.

Want some content notes? Link here.

Want to help make Query a success? Daddy Bezos’ algorithm requires that we constantly dig the content mines, looking for shiny new reviews to feed the beast. Okay, that metaphor got away from us, but the point stands. If you click this link, it will direct you to Amazon to leave a review on the paperback. This takes you to Goodreads (also owned by the Evil River, also provides essential eyeballs for indie books, late capitalism is broken, it’s not any of our fault as individuals). Storygraph is an indie reviewing platform. There are probably lots more places to review books, actually.

Many, many thanks to the people who’ve reviewed this book and then told us that we could link to them here: Leslie Rider, Dael Akkerman, Leo Jaime, Rachel A. Rosen, Michelle Browne, Jennia D’Lima. Thank you for helping us to make this book a success!