Something Is Always Happening Somewhere
by Kelly McClure
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Pub Date May 13 2022 | Archive Date Jun 01 2022
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Description
Dale Travers and her wife Gina moved from their tiny apartment in Brooklyn to a newly mortgaged ranch style home in Long Beach with the hope of living there forever. When one tragic night changes everything, Dale attempts to pick up the pieces but quickly realizes that life is a dark and terrifying place without the one person who gave it any meaning.
Something Is Always Happening Somewhere is a visceral tale of grief with horror elements.
About the author:
Kelly McClure is a journalist and fiction writer who lives in New Orleans with her wife Lindsey, dog Dracula, and two cats, Tokyo and Rocky. Her work has been featured in Vulture, The A.V. Club, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, Nylon, Vice, and elsewhere. In 2017 Budget Press published a zine anthology of her short stories titled Terrible Stories. Something Is Always Happening Somewhere is her first book.
Advance Praise
“Locked, forced open, slammed shut; McClure’s book introduces us to a number of doors we are met with throughout our lifetime. Some we enter and others we keep closed. Something Is Always Happening Somewhere is a tale of horror on self-sufficiency and the resiliency of the human spirit. McClure asks us to confront the edges that life pushes us towards and the things we find solace in clinging to. It approaches the belief in starting over, while still being haunted.” - Alana M. Kelley for Maudlin House
Featured Reviews
Aria H, Reviewer
This was an enjoyable read that I read quickly. It was dark, disturbing and unpredictable with a well written storyline and well developed characters.
Tali C, Reviewer
Beautiful and heartbreaking. I hadn’t read and Kelly McClure prior to receiving this but I’m always on the hunt for queer reads (especially sapphic ones) so I was super excited to read this.
After establishing a sense of normalcy, this book immediately takes a sharp turn and our protagonist, Dale, will never be the same after what she’s experienced. I won’t say anything more in the interest of not spoiling, but this was a beautiful depiction of grief, what one person can mean to someone, and how families are built and torn apart.
This book can be incredibly funny at times but also has frequent dark moments. If you can handle that, I recommend “Something is Always Happening Somewhere” to any adults that can enjoy stories that can be hard to tell and read.
TW: sexual assault, violence, blood, death, minor homophobia
I received this eARC in exchange for an honest review.
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