CrimeReads recently published an interview with James Reich conducted by author Matthew Binder (Pure Cosmos Club, Stalking Horse Press; The Absolved, Black Spot Books). In a wide-ranging conversation, they discuss independent publishing, melancholia, and taking risks as artists. Binder describes the origins of their creative friendship and asks some fine …
Recently, author and publishing editor of Vol. 1 Brooklyn Tobias Carroll (Ex-Members, Astrophil Press 2023; Political Sign, Bloomsbury 2020) interviewed James Reich for a piece entitled “The Haunted Landscapes of The Moth for the Star.” He begins: It’s hard to find the right words to discuss James Reich’s new novel The Moth …
September 12, 2023. James Reich’s lyrical existential horror novel The Moth for the Star is published today! We are indebted to acquisitions editor Kurt Baumeister and 7.13 Books founder and publisher Leland Cheuk for bringing this book into the world. From the publisher: “At once a gripping metaphysical mystery of …
The latest issue of The Brooklyn Rail finds James Reich in conversation with writer, publisher, and researcher D. Harlan Wilson. The two writers, who have known each other for several years now, discuss the perils of A.I. and the nature of ‘reality,’ God and Devil, Oscar Wilde, surrealism, literary style, …
This week, Publishers Weekly reviewed The Moth for the Star. It’s great to see the book being well-received by the trade press. The link to the full review can be found below, but among other things, they had this to say: Disturbing, distorted recollections build to a devastating reveal…an atmospheric …
James Reich’s latest piece for SPIN Magazine concerns the posthumous release of music by Zack Rosen, a talented musician whose life and work were affected by schizophrenia. Rosen. From the article: “I think your friend is schizophrenic.” That’s how Connor Grant recalls Sean Ono Lennon’s reaction, in 2016, to hearing the …
James Reich’s novel anti-nuclear novel Bombshell (Soft Skull, 2013) will be part of the conversation during Tel-Aviv University’s international conference Considering Violence 2023. Once more, we are grateful to Dr. Inna Sukhenko for including the novel as part of her discourse on De-emoting Violence in Fictionalizing Nuclear History: ‘Slow Hope’, …
Sometimes, a reader understands a book perfectly. Acclaimed writer Simon Sellars, author most recently of Code Beast (Wanton Sun, 2023) and Applied Ballardianism: Memoir From a Parallel Universe (Urbanomic, 2018) sent his thoughts on The Moth for the Star (September, 7.13 Books). I’ve been an admirer of his work, particularly …
We were delighted to receive a note from award-winning crime and legal thriller author Chuck Greaves who had some kind words for James Reich’s The Moth for The Star. Of the novel which publishes in September 2023 from 7.13 Books, Greaves says: “Hypnotic, brooding, and ultimately spellbinding, The Moth for …
Jonathan Evison, New York Times bestselling author of Small World, and other fine novels, not least Lawn Boy, and All About Lulu, read a copy of The Moth for the Star ahead of its September 2023 publication by 7.13 Books. Jonathan Evison says: An interrogation of the nature of evil …
James Reich’s sixth novel The Moth for the Star will be published by 7.13 Books in the summer of 2023. Charles Varnas is a murderer who has forgotten his victim. Set in New York, 1930, five years after the killing in Cairo, Varnas and his androgynous partner Campbell exist in …
The Song My Enemies Sing is a surprise attack on the science fiction consumer…a superbly angry novel.
“In the same way that Kubrick didn’t slow down or spell anything out for viewers of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Reich moves through the interloping stories in The Song My Enemies Sing expecting and trusting his readers to keep up…The surrealistic nature woven into the prose is engaging and pushes the mysteries to …
“Writer, musician, and publisher James Reich is a busy man. He’s also having a grand time moving from genre to genre in his fiction: last year’s Soft Invasions was a cerebral thriller set during the Second World War, while The Song My Enemies Sing ventures into science fictional territory. Bringing together a Martian setting …
James Reich’s fifth novel The Song My Enemies Sing will be published by Anti-Oedipus Press in December, 2018. Editor D. Harlan Wilson has released some early publicity details, including praise from science fiction innovator Barry N. Malzberg, who calls the novel “absolutely astonishing!” From the publisher: We are excited to announce …
James Reich’s story “Shadows of Maralinga” – derived from his forthcoming novel The Song My Enemies Sing – appears in Rick McGrath’s latest anthology from The Terminal Press. From the publisher: Deep Ends: A Ballardian Anthology features 15 contributions from artists influenced by or inspired by J.G. Ballard. This large format, …
“In his exceptionally well-written novel, at times lyrical, elegiac, and even mystical, James Reich asks some profound questions about time and identity. This fast-paced book is a meditation on history and human relationships which will keep you thinking and reading to the last page.” –Michael Moorcock The novel can be …
Anti-Oedipus Press, publisher of James Reich’s third novel Mistah Kurtz! A Prelude to Heart of Darkness (2016) describes Reich’s latest, Soft Invasions, expected in December 2017 with cover art by Matthew Revert. Here’s the latest: Los Angeles, 1942. Psychoanalyst Maxwell McKinney and his wife Joan await the return of their …
Culture writer Alex DeVore conducted a flash interview with James Reich as part of the alt-weekly’s Three Questions series, ahead of James’ reading at The Forum, Santa Fe, with Matt Donovan, author of A Cloud of Unusual Size and Shape (Trinity University Press). Read the Q&A HERE.
FICTION ADVOCATE’S Brian Hurley interviewed James Reich about his latest novel Mistah Kurtz! A Prelude to Heart of Darkness (Anti-Oedipus Press). Read the Q&A HERE.
