Hot Singles in Your Area

by Jordan Shiveley

Overview

A blistering body-horror following two imperfect strangers ensnared by a sinister media powerhouse.

Noah desperately needs a new job that involves less blood and piss than his current one. So, when he spots an ad for a newspaper with ‘No experience preferred’, he puts on his good shirt and marches down to their average-looking office to unknowingly sign his life away.

Malachia is the only human left in the City of Silence and she spends her time wandering its empty, bone-filled streets. Until one day she finds a lone figure hunched over a typewriter, his fingers enmeshed with the keys. Could he be the answer to finding her lost love?

Propelled by their pursuits for rent money and truth, Noah and Malachia are pushed to their limits in this tightly-plotted satire of occupational hazards and conglomerate powers.

"Shiveley writes like a ghoul living in the haunted house that is the internet." — Meg Elison, author of the Road to Nowhere trilogy

"Jordan's writing is the sharpest and leaves the deepest marks." — John Wiswell, author of Someone You Can Build a Nest In

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781800183414
Publisher:	Unbound
Publication date:	02/04/2025
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	713,902
Product dimensions:	5.55(w) x 8.74(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Jordan Shiveley is the author of the Dread Singles X account. Their work has been seen in a variety of short fiction venues such as The Best Horror of the Year Vol. 15 Nightmare Magazine, Voidjunk, Baffling (Neon Hemlock), and tabletop roleplaying games. They live and work in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Editorial Reviews

"Shiveley writes like a ghoul living in the haunted house that is the internet." — Meg Elison, author of the Road to Nowhere trilogy

“Jordan Shiveley’s hot singles are lonely, and hungry, and they’re waiting for you. Are they down the street—or next door—or behind that strange new door in the basement? Or are they already inside you? Shiveley brings his dark biting wit and his air for cosmic horror from the digital realm to the printed page, and the results will leave you laughing, shuddering and looking over your shoulder. Discover a whole new reason to stay up all night: Check out Hot Singles in Your Area!” — David Demchuk, award-winning author of The Bone Mother

“Devastating in its bottom-of-the-grave black humor, Hot Singles in Your Area reminds readers that life is precious, eeting and has already been prom- ised to the Void.” — Jen Vaughn, author of Goosebumps: Download and Die!

“Of all the things that could escape a closet full of hungry teeth, Jordan’s writing is the sharpest and leaves the deepest marks.” — John Wiswell, Tank

“The longer I kept reading, the louder and wetter the knocking outside the bedroom door became. If I stop reading I think they’ll come in. I can never stop reading. I don’t want to stop reading.” — Marie Enger, Casket Land

“Jordan’s writing is the equivalent of nally piecing together the long dead his- tory of the forgotten civilization and discovering the antiquated knowledge that brings ruin to our world but in a good way!” — Derek Revis

“It is rare that a work feels as comfortable as a warm towel straight out of the dryer and as disorienting as unseen nails dragged across the back of your neck” — Steven Dunne, author of Seed of Doubt

“I cannot physically put this book down.” — Joshua Mendenhall, Co-Director of Islands of Sina Una

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