“With her latest, Dae pushes past the barriers of human depravity with a tale of unhealthy desire and redemption.”
Severely depressed, Emma begins to seek out a serial killer who will kill her in the most gruesome method she can describe. After finding such a killer, Emma backs out of the deal. She then learns the serial killer is actually host to a parasitic creature from another dimension. Soon, the creature focuses its attention on Emma.
Torn between desire and guilt from the new urges coursing through her, Emma succumbs to the parasitic entity’s horrifying whims. And now the serial killer, no longer shielded from his memories by the creature, must come to terms with a hundred years of gruesome murders, including the one that started everything.
Why we’re excited about this book:
In the span of just a few years, Koji A. Dae has a firm grip on the imaginations of readers of horror and weird fiction. The author of Mazi and Casual, her work has graced the pages of such publications as Lunar Station Quarterly, Tree and Stone, Chiral Mad, Apex, and Clarkesworld to name a few, as well as a gothic poetry collection, Scars that Never Bleed, exploring Frankenstein. With her latest, Dae pushes past the barriers of human depravity with a tale of unhealthy desire and redemption. Hailey Piper (Queen of Teeth, A Game in Yellow) says: “Seductive to the core. Hold My Heart is an intriguing thrill, its world tinged with noir atmosphere and a passion for grime on skin and tongues on blades. And with a creature too? This is everything you could want from a messed-up threesome.”
Releasing from Ghost Orchid Press 27 May 2025, Hold My Heart by Koji A. Dae is available for pre-order now.
BOB PASTORELLA
