Book Review: Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink

Welcome to Night Vale
by Joseph Fink

The podcast “Welcome to Night Vale” rose to international pop culture fame back in 2012, and its continued presence across the internet has surpassed the test of time. Now, new and old fans alike can enjoy the baffling and strange brilliance of the podcast in physical form. Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor’s knack of creepy storytelling is a brand new kind of absurdist cryptic horror, in which strangeness can be found lurking just over your shoulder and to the left a bit. If you’ve ever wanted to laugh both with mirth and terror, this book is for you. Perfect for the Halloween season, and any season you want to have just a little more existential dread.

[If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try Alice Isn’t Dead, by Joseph Fink, The Haunted Looking Glass, by Edward Gorey, or the TV series The X-Files, or Twin Peaks.]

[ official Welcome to Night Vale web site ] | [ publishers Joseph Fink web page ]

Recommended by Elanor J.
Gere Branch Library

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