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Joe Koch

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Joe Koch writes literary horror and surrealist trash. Their books include THE WINGSPAN OF SEVERED HANDS, CONVULSIVE, INVAGINIES, and THE COUVADE, which received a Shirley Jackson Award nomination in 2019. His short fiction appears in numerous publications such as Vastarien, Southwest Review, PseudoPod, Children of the New Flesh, and The Book of Queer Saints. Joe also co-edited the art horror anthology STORIES OF THE EYE. He/They. Find Joe online at horrorsong.blog and on Twitter @horrorsong.

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	Your Body is Not Your Body by Alex Woodroe (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Matt Blairstone (Editor), Michelle Belanger (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.01 avg rating — 440 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wingspan of Severed Hands by Joanna Koch, Joe Koch (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 463 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doorbells at Dusk by Evans Light (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Josh Malerman (Goodreads Author), Sean Eads (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 475 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Convulsive 4.24 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Invaginies 3.82 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Soft Ceremonies by Joe Koch (Goodreads Author), Sam Richard (Goodreads Author), Charlene Elsby (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shipwreck of the Cerberus 4.54 avg rating — 26 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Like You Never Had Wings: Transformations In Horror by Joe Koch (Goodreads Author), Kyle Winkler, Charlene Elsby (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Come And Admire Him 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Meat in a Clean Room by Joe Koch (Goodreads Author), Sam Richard (Goodreads Author), Charlene Elsby (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Starving Stones, Speaking Stones

Closing out 2025, my 120th published short story appears in the anthology The Joining: Scenes of Wedding Terror from Crystal Lake Publishing.

“Starving Stones, Speaking Stones” is about an unconventional winter wedding in a little chapel that eats memories. Many thanks to Jacob Steven Mohr for sending me the invitation to his unusual project. I tried to give him something unlike the common themes o

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Medicinal Cannibalism in Early Modern English Literature and Culture (Early Modern Cultural Studies 1500–1700)

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“The future is old and patient. Time is the winning predator, and every moment spirals deeper into the heart of the beast.”
― Joanna Koch, The Wingspan of Severed Hands

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“Unfortunates, innocents, soldiers, and priests were lost to the wild, as if humankind had lived too long in self-domesticated, communal captivity and craved a cosmic fate. The new primal human exploded both modern culture and ancient sacrificial myth. Blasting away the last shabby remnants of the comfortable cage, they worshiped something darker, less human, less animal. Less earthly.”
― Joe Koch, The Wingspan of Severed Hands

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“Rising like giant breakers, cascading over boundaries as if Adira were a ship and her tongue the storm-lashed deck, the motion of the mind beyond the hairless portal of the solitary hidden eye crashing in and out, up and down, until the stringy wriggling worm thoughts broke out. Fever smashing like glass threads, a million eager maggots, Adira vomited up the odor of burnt chocolate and neglected meat.”
― Joe Koch, The Wingspan of Severed Hands

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