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Ghosts Are Just Strangers Who Know How to Knock is a genre-resistant collection that examines grief, violence, heartbreak, and the universal challenge of living in a body that is always vulnerable. Within this greyscale kaleidoscope of the familiar and the uncanny: muted voices shout, people commit to devastating choices, and mundane moments are filled with silent hauntings. A sleep paralysis and a séance of voices long dead, this collection offers characters that illuminate our own darknesses and strengths, revealing how love can emerge from even the most impossible of conditions.
About the author
Hillary Leftwich is a multimedia writer and the author of Ghosts Are Just Strangers Who Know How to Knock (Agape Editions, 2023) and Aura (Future Tense Books, 2022). She teaches writing at several universities, writing organizations, and nonprofits for adults, previously incarcerated and hospitalized youth, and unhoused populations. She centers her writing around themes of class struggle, the impact of disease, mental illness, ritual, and the supernatural. On the outskirts of the writing world, she teaches Tarot and Tarot Writing workshops focusing on strengthening divination abilities along with writing. She is a professional Tarot reader, death worker, and speaks with the dead.
