Child Lucia and Other Library

"Child Lucia & Other Library Fabula feels like entering a museum of the bizarre, where the lives of a strange and kooky cast of characters entwine with a local library. Structured as a series of log notes, Nick Perilli constructs a setting that feels more akin to a funhouse than the sterile spaces we grew up visiting for storytimes and to check out the latest Goosebumps. This chapbook will make you think about what or who might be lurking in the basement of your local library or in the woods nearby." -- Christina Rosso, Author of Creole Conjure

In the library that is everywhere and nowhere, there is a logbook of daily happenings as written by the librarian. A child falls into the deep catacombs of the building. A sparrow is loose in the stacks. The individual who always stays until closing has been building a tunnel from the bathrooms to his home. All these occurrences and more are logged here. Although the librarian forgets to write the date, it doesn't matter. Rest assured these incidents are happening all the time, in your local library and the library at the furthest reaches of your consciousness.

I'm a writer and librarian living in Philadelphia with loved ones and a Netflix DVD plan. My debut novel, Cul-de-sac, will soon be available from Montag Press (it might be available right now, depending on when you’re reading this). Short work of mine can be found in Milk Candy Review, XRAY Lit Mag, SORTES Magazine, and elsewhere.

You can find everything on my website www.nickperilli.com.

I'm also on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok (cause I'm hip) as @nicoloperilli.