{"product_id":"family-curse-field-notebooks-1880-2020-by-tenacity-plys","title":"Family Curse - Field Notebooks - 1880-2020, by Tenacity Plys","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProse, chapbook, 44 pages, from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThey say in town that every generation, fairies lure a member of Virgil's family into the local woods, never to be seen again. Virgil doesn't really care about that; they're just squatting at their aunt's vacant house during quarantine. But one night, they're awoken by a knocking at the back door that leads them into a tangle of family secrets, and a mystery that's as heartbreaking as it is chilling.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTo avoid disappearing themself, Virgil has to piece together journal entries from three generations of their relatives, who all spent their lives wondering why their siblings were taken. If Virgil can solve the puzzle, they won't just save themselves — they'll put more than a hundred years' worth of family history to rest. This story of a neurodivergent family's struggle to understand themselves is by turns spooky, funny, sad, and hopeful despite everything.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eFamily Curse\u003c\/em\u003e is a sardonic epistolary mystery, a unique narrative braided with humor and slow-building dread.” \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Sloane Leong, author of \u003cem\u003eGraveneye\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePrism Stalker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Tenacity Plys makes sure nothing will hit us as realistically as fiction does. The work makes one question our very history and horror...simply let this novelette take you where it wants, and without question.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Pascale Potvin, Editor-in-Chief of \u003cem\u003eWrongdoing Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“With a measure of strangeness and a measure of humor, Plys artfully deconstructs a family curse. The reader is left with troubling questions: what does it mean to be alien, estranged, lost in the woods — even amongst one's own family?” \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Germ Lynn, author of \u003cem\u003ePressured Speech\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eFamily Curse\u003c\/em\u003e is a densely packed and layered novella that merits a reread. It achieves an unusual and delightful mix of chills, comedic relief, and thoughtful consideration.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Anna Veriani, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Winter Quarters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTenacity Plys is a nonbinary autistic writer based in Brooklyn, with publications in \u003cem\u003eHobart\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEthel\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBullshit Lit\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAlien Buddha\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWord Gathering\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePif Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e. Xir Pushcart-nominated story “I Love My AI Son” will be featured in \u003cem\u003eAlien Buddha\u003c\/em\u003e’s Best of 2022 anthology at the end of this year. You can find more of xir work through xir Twitter, @tenacity_plys, or website, tenacityplys.com!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bottlecap Press","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":47543222173874,"sku":"FAMITP","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":47543222206642,"sku":"FAMITPe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/familycursefront.jpg?v=1780354192","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/family-curse-field-notebooks-1880-2020-by-tenacity-plys","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}