Birds With Vertigo is out now!

“Faith is in the ache of becoming more than despair. Those who do not hold their breath are forever doomed to drown.”

This maxim I made preposes the content of Birds With Vertigo. Every greasy paunch needs its slap of ritual basting, and it serves as more than a catastrophic warning of the doom-filled grotesquery ahead. It sets the stage for an exploration of despair, survival, and faith in the midst of a fractured world.

In Birds With Vertigo, despair is not merely a theme. It is the landscape from which all growth must emerge. The grotesque, the absurd, and the fractured madness within the collection, from carnivalesque vignettes to verse scorning the demiurge, are not just reflections of suffering but invitations to confront and embrace it.

Faith is the stomach to wade and stir. There is plenty ugly dredged up to contend.

But it is my hope that Birds With Vertigo resonates with those who, like me, have felt despair’s grip and sought faith in its wake. Those who will laugh as the world burns, knowing there will still be truth to find in the ashes.

You can find Birds With Vertigo here.

I also want to shout out Cumsleg Borenail for adapting seven of the pieces from this book into an aural clusterbender of unsettling, sharp spoken word accompanied by hellish dark ambient soundscapes. Please visit his Bandcamp page and perhaps donate to the 'name your price' collaboration!