The Cipher
Kathe Koja
ISBN 10: 1068349735 ISBN 13: 9781068349737
Published by New Ruins, 2026
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2026. paperback. . . . . . Seller Inventory # V9781068349737
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Winner of the Bram Stoker Award 1992
Winner of the Locus Award 1992
Shortlisted for the Phillip K. Dick Award
Nicholas is a would-be poet and video-store clerk with a weeping hole in his hand - weeping not blood, but a plasma of tears...
It began with Nakota and her crooked grin. She had to see the dark hole in the storage room down the hall. She had to make love to Nicholas beside it, and stare into its secretive, promising depths. Then Nakota began her experiments: First, she put an insect into the hole. Then a mouse...
Now from down the hall, the black hole calls out to Nicholas every day and every night. And he will go to it. Because it has already seared his flesh, infected his soul, and started him on a journey of obsession - through its soothing, blank darkness into the blinding core of terror...
About the Author: Kathe Koja is a writer, director and independent producer of live and immersive events. Her titles include The Cipher, Skin, Buddha Boy and The Blue Mirror. Her work crosses and combine genres, from historical to contemporary to YA to horror, and has won awards, been translated into many languages, and optioned for fi lm and performance.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: The Cipher
Publisher: New Ruins
Publication Date: 2026
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New