#the flicker

Perfect for fans of The Marrow Thieves, Hatchet and The City of Ember, H.E. Edgmon's middle grade debut offers a bittersweet tale of hope and survival, a modern classic for the climate change generation.

One year ago, a solar flare scorched the Earth and destroyed life as we know it.

With their parents gone and supplies running dangerously low, step-sisters Millie and Rose only have one chance at survival: leave home with their infant half-brother and loyal dog Corncob in search of Millie’s grandma, a Seminole elder. As they navigate the burning land with a group of fellow survivors, dodging The Hive, a villainous group that has spent the last year hoarding supplies and living in luxury, the siblings have to learn to rely on each other more than ever, and discover how to build a new life from the ashes.

Does the flickering light beckon you?

Do you flicker, as well?

Do the lights blind you,

do you go down willingly?

A pit of

agony and

despair.

Do the lights beckon you?

Do they become you?

Are you a light?

Have you decided to be?

Do you flinch?

At the flicker?

Do you question it?

The flicker?

Do you?

Do you think that maybe the power may go out, one day?

Can you picture yourself grasping the burning bulb with bloody, bleeding hands?

Do you see yourself grasping at electrical wires in a desperate rush of trial and error?

Do you see the flicker?

Way in the distance?

Look through the fog,

do you see the flicker?

Does your heart hammer relentlessly in your chest like mine?

Badum,

badum,

badum.

Do you feel your feet slap the ground as you flee?

Lights brandishing your shadow,

like they know your secrets,

all of them.

They know them all.

The flicker almost rumbles in familiar laughter,

deep, deep in it’s chest.

It flickers.

You flee.

Do you see the flicker?

Do you see it?

Listen.

Listen.

Listen.

Listen.

Listen.

goodreads | storygraph

One year ago, a solar flare scorched the Earth and destroyed life as we know it. With their parents gone and supplies running dangerously low, step-sisters Millie and Rose only have one chance at survival: leave home with their infant half-brother and loyal dog Corncob in search of Millie’s grandma, a Seminole elder. As they navigate the burning land with a group of fellow survivors, dodging The Hive, a villainous group that has spent the last year hoarding supplies and living in luxury, the siblings have to learn to rely on each other more than ever, and discover how to build a new life from the ashes. Expertly balancing heartbreak and hope, The Flicker is both a thrilling survival story and a tender exploration of Indigenous ideas of identity and found family.

I'm probably forgetting a lot of books, but here are some of my most anticipated 2024 releases:

And here are two I have already read that are absolutely incredible:

Book titles:

Lunar Boy by Jes and Cin Wibowo

The Flicker by H.E. Edgmon

Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland

Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle

Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao

Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse

The Principle of Moments by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson

Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana

Icarus by K. Ancrum

Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao

Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa

i have never once played content warning but i watched an iceberg video about it last night and ouughhh

Y'all have no idea how much i love weird horror creatures. Like the Mouth and the Whisk are probably some of my favs but the Flicker???

I love how creepy this bitch is so have THE roughest painting I did in like an hour.

The game really makes me wanna unearth this old ass idea i had YEARS ago about some paranormal investigators that reform ghosts and ghouls but make it a bit more horror and less comedy.

Oh hey, I illustrated a book cover that I never posted here 👀👀