RAINSVILLE – Northeast Alabama Community College’s English Department and Sigma Kappa Delta are sponsoring a Writers’ Workshop, featuring award-winning authors David Arnold and Jeff Zentner.
Luminous Beings is a new graphic novel by David Arnold and Jose Pimienta, a YA graphic novel about a group of teens who decide to film a documentary about
Mosquitoland,
Kids of Appetite, returns with
The Electric Kingdom, an achingly beautiful and timely book that transcends simple classification.
Set in postapocalyptic New England,
The Electric Kingdom follows 18-year-old Nico, who lives in an abandoned farmhouse with her dog, Harry, and her ailing father. Their home is a place of relative safety and comfort, but the dangers of the outside world constantly haunt them. Killer Flu Flies, which are actually modified honeybees, stalk the few humans who remain, seeking either to swarm the survivors or to pass on their deadly flu. As Nico’s father grows sicker, he tells his daughter that she must leave with Harry and find a secret portal.