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The Sofa
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Expected 11 Nov 25Kafkaesque slow-burn domestic horror from a master of the uncanny.
Mr. Montessori and his family return home from a trip to the beach to discover that their sofa is different. Once dark and contemporary, it’s now antique, green and yellow, and smelling faintly of damp.
Its appearance and origins are a mystery. A joke? An inverted theft? A break in the fabric of reality? Yes, the police take the “crime� seriously. But what happens next lies outside their expertise. Strange sounds in the night. A half-bathroom toilet with a mind of its own. Odd, fleeting glimpses of something (or someone) in mirrors. The inexplicable vision of Montessori’s neighbor: He swears he saw a burglar. . . .
Montessori’s quest for answers will take him to a dank highway overpass in decayed upstate New York, a very strange dry-cleaning supply concern in outermost Queens, and into the depths of an eerie, warped forest where time and space no longer connect, all while putting his ever-more-troubled marriage and young family in grave danger. But that’s what it costs to find out if we own our possessions � or if they own us.
Munson emerges as a master stylist in this tense, taut work of surreal humor and psychological horror.
Mr. Montessori and his family return home from a trip to the beach to discover that their sofa is different. Once dark and contemporary, it’s now antique, green and yellow, and smelling faintly of damp.
Its appearance and origins are a mystery. A joke? An inverted theft? A break in the fabric of reality? Yes, the police take the “crime� seriously. But what happens next lies outside their expertise. Strange sounds in the night. A half-bathroom toilet with a mind of its own. Odd, fleeting glimpses of something (or someone) in mirrors. The inexplicable vision of Montessori’s neighbor: He swears he saw a burglar. . . .
Montessori’s quest for answers will take him to a dank highway overpass in decayed upstate New York, a very strange dry-cleaning supply concern in outermost Queens, and into the depths of an eerie, warped forest where time and space no longer connect, all while putting his ever-more-troubled marriage and young family in grave danger. But that’s what it costs to find out if we own our possessions � or if they own us.
Munson emerges as a master stylist in this tense, taut work of surreal humor and psychological horror.
162 pages, Paperback
Expected publication November 11, 2025
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April 9, 2025
DANG. This was crazy and laughable at times. I am so thankful to Two Dollar Radio, Sam Munson, and Edelweiss for granting me advanced digital access to this piece of poetic chaos before it hits shelves to the public on November 11, 2025.
One evening, Mr. Montessori and his family come home to find their home has been broken into � nothing major has been stolen except for their sofa (and replaced with a new one) � not seeming to be an issue for his family, our MC is completely shocked at their reactions and begins to spiral in a downward motion as he struggles to uncover how this could have happened.
This party of one further loses his mind as particularly supernatural events occur in his midst such as a mysterious bowler hat appearing and disappearing, his toilet flushing on its own and the faucet turning on, and even an old man wearing said bowler hat appearing in reflections behind him� all of course invisible to his family’s view � allowing them to grow more concerned for his sanity.
Readers take the ride with Mr. Montessori as he navigates the madness that this new couch has delivered. Is this sofa hiding residual pain or could it all be in our MC’s head?
One evening, Mr. Montessori and his family come home to find their home has been broken into � nothing major has been stolen except for their sofa (and replaced with a new one) � not seeming to be an issue for his family, our MC is completely shocked at their reactions and begins to spiral in a downward motion as he struggles to uncover how this could have happened.
This party of one further loses his mind as particularly supernatural events occur in his midst such as a mysterious bowler hat appearing and disappearing, his toilet flushing on its own and the faucet turning on, and even an old man wearing said bowler hat appearing in reflections behind him� all of course invisible to his family’s view � allowing them to grow more concerned for his sanity.
Readers take the ride with Mr. Montessori as he navigates the madness that this new couch has delivered. Is this sofa hiding residual pain or could it all be in our MC’s head?
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