{"product_id":"humboldt-cut-9781645662211","title":"Humboldt Cut","description":"\u003cb\u003eJordan Peele and Jeff Vandermeer meet \u003ci\u003eThe Overstory \u003c\/i\u003ein comedy writer Allison Mick's darkly humorous debut eco-horror novel, as a Black woman returns home to the redwood forests of northern California, only to unearth the monsters that lurk among the trees...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJasmine Bay is a nurse for an Oakland mental health facility, battling her own demons, caught in a spiral of suicidal despair. Estranged from her brother James and his wife Tilly, who was once her best friend, Jas has chosen self-isolation to protect herself--even if it means denying herself a hopeful future with co-worker and potential love interest Henry Lewis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen her godmother dies, Jas returns to Redceder for the funeral, a logging town where her grandfather William Whipple made a living deforesting the countryside, ripping and raping apart nature's very foundations for corporate profits. As trees fell to axes and chainsaws, so did dozens of lumberjacks, falling prey to the dangers of their job--and to the ecoterrorism of Jas's grandfather who was lynched for his crimes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd buried in the haunted woods are even more dark secrets perpetrated by Jas's family. Unnatural acts giving birth to entities made of human flesh and petrified bark, seeking to avenge the devastation that ravaged their land. It is an inheritance that threatens to consume the remnants of Jas's family, and her very sanity. . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCelebrated comedy writer Allison Mick's \u003ci\u003eHumboldt Cut\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the traumatic costs of environmental destruction in an energetic, darkly humorous horror adventure that combines the botanical terrors of VanderMeer's \u003ci\u003eAnnihilation\u003c\/i\u003e and the psychological horror of \u003ci\u003eThe Only Good Indians\u003c\/i\u003e by Stephen Graham Jones with a dash of Jordan Peele.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Allison Mick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Erewhon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781645662211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2025 pg. 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAllison Mick \u003c\/b\u003eis a Los Angeles-based comedy and animation writer from the Great Lakes. Mick's writing appears in \u003ci\u003eTrailer Park Boys: Big A$$ Comic Collection\u003c\/i\u003e (Devil's Due Comics) and \u003ci\u003eThe Hard Times: The First 40 Years\u003c\/i\u003e (Mariner Books). She was a contributor to the \u003ci\u003eLos Suelos, CA\u003c\/i\u003e interactive fiction anthology and voices Cougara on the Adult Swim Shorts series \u003ci\u003eHigh Moon Queen\u003c\/i\u003e. You can find all sorts of stuff at allison-mick.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Allison Mick \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47629457260701,"sku":"9781645662211","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_dd9dc9ad-c4a7-42a7-8ca0-94c1950b7e5e.jpg?v=1770189574","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/humboldt-cut-9781645662211","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}