Witch Hunt & Black Cloud: New & Collected Works

Juliet Escoria is the author of the story collection You Are the Snake (forthcoming from Soft Skull in 2024) and Juliet the Maniac (Melville House, May 2019). Her first two books, Black Cloud and Witch Hunt, were previously published by Civil Coping Mechanisms and Lazy Fascist Press, respectively. Her writing can be found in places like Tyrant, VICE, Hotel, and the New York Times, and has been translated into many languages. She was born in Australia, raised in San Diego, and currently lives in West Virginia.

PRAISE FOR JULIET ESCORIA“A force that shouldn’t be ignored — an illuminating examination of youth and soul-crushing pressure.”—BUZZFEED"For fans of Ottessa Moshfegh, Juliet the Maniac is a worthy new entry in that pantheon of deconstruction... Dazzling."—NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW“To read Juliet the Maniac is to confront our shared faith in the flawed logic of life’s meaning, and by so doing, become worthier of our humanity.” —WASHINGTON POSTPRAISE FOR BLACK CLOUD“Unrelenting, violent, often scary: Juliet Escoria’s debut collection of stories will likely have you begging and crying for salvation a few pages in. She’s just that good.”—JASON DIAMOND, FLAVORWIRE“These stories are uniformly effective; they veer at you in unexpected ways and devastate, sometimes quietly and sometimes brutally.”—TOBIAS CARROLL, VOL. 1 BROOKLYN“Simply riveting and raw.”—LINDSAY HUNTER, FSG BLOG