The Tlaqneth (2026)
The Tlaqneth is a work of fiction written in collaboration with Jonathan Swanberg and published in June 2026
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Their world is a bundt cake tin known as Whinscheschdtmyre, and their god is a frog named Chummy. Indeed, this is not merely a story to be read, but a nonsensical world to be explored.
Supported by a sprawling compendium of chronicles, glossaries, timelines, and other surviving documents, this account of a legendary world has been assembled by a deliberately obtuse narrator whose confidence and egotism exceed their attention span. Kingdoms rise and are swiftly crushed under the hooves of leviathans. Prophets spread impossible visions—and they’re usually right! Entire peoples appear, vanish, and reinvent themselves as plagues, visits from extraterrestrials, bouts of religious fanaticism, and pointless wars rage on. Somewhere within the crude-humored chaos and hundreds of characters lies a rich, disorienting history and a world to get lost in.
The Tlaqneth is an experimental fantasy epic at heart followed by an appendix nearly four times its size, wrapped up in the most puzzling, incoherent, and unpalatable attire. It’s an endless network of rabbit holes, red herrings, and wild goose chases.