BISQUE & BOOKS BOOKS CLUB

About this event

Our Bisque & Books Book Club is a joint event with our friends at Fahrenheit Ceramic Studio! We meet every other month on the first Tuesday for the book discussion while we paint a piece of pottery at Fahrenheit Ceramic Studio! In this explosive horror novel, a woman is haunted by inner trauma, hungry ghosts, and a serial killer as she confronts the brutal violence experienced by East Asians during the pandemic. Cora Zeng is a crime scene cleaner, washing away the remains of brutal murders and suicides in Chinatown. But none of that seems so terrible when she’s already witnessed the most horrific thing possible: her sister, Delilah, being pushed in front of a train. Before fleeing the scene, the murderer shouted two words: bat eater. So the bloody messes don’t really bother Cora—she’s more bothered by the germs on the subway railing, the bare hands of a stranger, the hidden viruses in every corner, and the bite marks on her coffee table. Of course, ever since Delilah was killed in front of her, Cora can’t be sure what's real and what’s in her head. She pushes away all feelings and ignores the advice of her aunt to prepare for the Hungry Ghost Festival, when the gates of hell open. But she can't ignore the dread in her stomach as she keeps finding bat carcasses at crime scenes, or the scary fact that all her recent cleanups have been the bodies of East Asian women. As Cora will soon learn, you can’t just ignore hungry ghosts. For fans of Stephen Graham Jones and Gretchen Felker-Martin, Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng is a wildly original, darkly humorous, and subversive contemporary novel from a striking new voice in horror. For readers who love: Monika Kim, Stephen Graham Jones, and Grady Hendrix Terrifying, gory horror with heart and dark humor Ghost stories and mythology Crime novels Themes of friendship and family Horror that highlights social issues Seating is limited - please be sure to register with us! Click here to email us!

The book

• Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng

Venue

Words Matter Bookstore

52 South Broadway, Pitman, NJ

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