Dionysus and I Sip On Cabernet and Talk Sh*t (Digital)
Chapbook of fiction by BT Hayes
Language: English
Published July 7th, 2023
(Click here for the print edition purchase page.)
"BT Hayes has written a sharp-toothed collection of funny, devastating meditations on love and sex with animals, humans, and monsters. Funny, strange, and heartbreaking in equal measure. Delightfully absurd, devastatingly real."
— Zach Zimmerman, comedian and author of Is It Hot in Here?
"Rhythmic and compelling, Dionysus and I Sip on Cabernet and Talk Sh*t treads the border between infatuation and disgust, glamor and grit. Each story reads like an essay from another world—where gods talk back, cities hold on, and turtles tell lies. Connected by themes of isolation, desire, and our seemingly inescapable compulsion to pursue bigger and bolder mistakes, BT Hayes's chapbook intoxicates from beginning to end."
— Marisca Pichette, author of Rivers in Your Skin, Sirens in Your Hair
"Dionysus and I Sip On Cabernet and Talk Sh*t is a beautiful chapbook that channels the visceral, silly desperation of existence: the flesh, heart, and longing of it all. Through clever wordplay and surreal imagery, BT Hayes reckons with what it means to be consumed by the painfully mundane (then displays how to gnash your teeth in rebellion). If you've ever had night terrors while awake, heartache around strangers you know, or 3 am conversations in a worn apartment about what it means to be loved, this is for you. If you haven't, here's a chance to get a taste."
— Samir Sirk Morató, horror writer, artist, and offal receptacle
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