And Then I Woke Up

Nominated for the 2023 British Fantasy Award for Best Novella
Nominated for the 2022 Australian Shadows Award for Best Long Fiction

"Intelligent, compassionate and unsettling."--The New York Times

"Devlin twists and breaks the typical zombie narrative without spoiling one of the cleverest conceits in recent horror. Suffice to say that the author takes a scalpel to the post-truth era."--Esquire

A finalist for the Australian Shadow Award for Long Fiction

In the tradition of Mira Grant and Stephen Graham Jones, Malcolm Devlin's And Then I Woke Up is a creepy, layered, literary story about false narratives and their ability to divide us.

In a world reeling from an unusual plague, monsters lurk in the streets while terrified survivors arm themselves and roam the countryside in packs. Or perhaps something very different is happening. When a disease affects how reality is perceived, it's hard to be certain of anything...

Spence is one of the "cured" living at the Ironside rehabilitation facility. Haunted by guilt, he refuses to face the changed world until a new inmate challenges him to help her find her old crew. But if he can't tell the truth from the lies, how will he know if he has earned the redemption he dreams of? How will he know he hasn't just made things worse?

Publisher: Tordotcom
Published: 04/12/2022
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.3lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781250798077


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/07/2022
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2022
Booklist 03/15/2022 pg. 54
Library Journal 04/01/2022 pg. 68

About the Author
Malcolm Devlin's (he/him) stories have appeared in Black Static, Interzone, The Shadow Booth, and Shadows and Tall Trees. His first collection, You Will Grow Into Them was published by Unsung Stories in 2017 and shortlisted for the British Fantasy and Saboteur Awards. A second collection, also to be published by Unsung Stories, is due to be published in Summer 2021. He currently lives in Brisbane.