Losers and Freaks Book Launch

Award-winning, traditionally-published local author C.E. Hoffman is celebrating the release of their second short story collection at the Grindstone Theatre June 30th!

A pixie and werewolf plan to thwart a prophecy; a medical mannequin attempts to foil a viral attack.
A girl befriends a spider; a janitor stalks a ghost; and Cupid makes a deadly mistake.
Exploring the psychology -and humanity- of outcasts, LOSERS AND FREAKS is worthy to its predecessor, SLUTS AND WHORES, which helped C.E. Hoffman earn a grant from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.
Welcome back to the Big City, where you find magic -and friends- in the strangest places.
Out from Querencia Press.

Join C.E. Hoffman for readings from their published works, exciting announcements, performance art, and of course, to get your copy of LOSERS AND FREAKS!

Where: Grindstone Theatre (10019 81 Avenue NW)
When: June 30, 2024
Entry: Free
Doors open at 6:30. Show at 7:00.
Please arrive early so you have time to purchase a book, and remember to RSVP!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

C.E. Hoffman is a screenwriter, author, poet, publisher, lyrical journalist, and cat lover (not necessarily in that order.) A grant winner, Elgin Award nominee, recipient of a Silver Honourable Mention in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Award, and winner of the 2022 Defunct May Day Chapbook contest, they wrote their first novel at eleven years old, and have continued writing ever since. They’ve been published widely online and in print since 2010, and edit Punk Monk Magazine/Press (2012-present.)
Current releases include SLUTS AND WHORES (Thurston Howl Publications, 2021), BLOOD, BOOZE, AND OTHER THINGS IN NATURE (Alien Buddha Press, 2022), GHOSTS, TROLLS, AND OTHER THINGS ON THE INTERNET (Bottlecap Press, 2022), and NO ACTUAL SIN (May Day Press/Defunct Magazine, 2023.) LOSERS AND FREAKS is out from Querencia Press Summer 2024. Find more at cehoffman.net

 

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING:

C. E. Hoffman is a fearless writer.
-Jack Wang, author of We Two Alone (House of Anansi Press) and winner of the Danuta Gleed Literary Award

This is the kind of writing that inspires fandom.
-Alexandrine Ogundimu, author of The Longest Summer (CLASH Books)

The human spirit remains fresh-voiced, optimistic and youthful in Hoffman’s imaginative writing.
-Martin Millar, author of Lonely Werewolf Girl (Soft Skull Press) and winner of the World Fantasy Award

Had me glued to the page.
-Caitlin Marceau, author of Femina (DarkLit Press)

Sex and the City meets Black Mirror.
-Alana M Kelley, Maudlin House Magazine

Hoffman’s writing style reminds one of Burroughs at his most straightforward or Irvine Welsh at his strangest, but with a presentation dominated primarily by women and queer characters- a refreshing change in this particular milieu.
…Hoffman is definitely a writer to watch for, and I look forward to what they give us next.
-Justin Bookworm, Razorcake Magazine

Ethereal, crisp, relentless.
-Cody Sexton, A Thin Slice of Anxiety

The Grindstone Comedy Theatre is a venue that is rented by independently produced shows. This show is produced by C. E. Hoffman!