Mathilda Zeller with Lucy Aviññaq Boyd Live at Tattered Cover Aspen Grove
About this Event
We are excited to host Mathilda Zeller, first author in the bestselling anthology of dark Indigenous fiction, Never Whistle At Night, on Friday, October 16th at 6:00 PM at our Aspen Grove location in conversation with Lucy Aviññaq Boyd!
Registration includes the following options:
- A signed Hardcover copy of the book … OR
- A $5 Gift Card to Tattered Cover Book Store
We will have a limited supply of additional books for guests to purchase in store. Only a book ticket guarantees you a copy of the book.
This event includes an opportunity to meet the author, participate in an audience Q&A after the book talk, and get your book(s) signed and personalized. Photos with the author are welcome!
If you are unable to attend the event after purchasing a ticket, you are required to pick up your copy of the book (with proof of purchase from your event registration) within 7 days after the event date. If the book is not picked up by that date, you relinquish your copy to Tattered Cover Book Store.
ABOUT THE BOOK
It Looks Like You in the Dark is a propulsive Indigenous horror debut, expertly blending Alaskan Native folklore and supernatural thrills, from Mathilda Zeller, author of the acclaimed short story "Kushtuka" featured in the bestselling horror anthology, Never Whistle at Night.
The only people who know are the people who have gone. Those people no longer have throats to tell us.
Tapeesa is newly out of high school and working in a fish processing plant in the Inupiat village, Chukchi, where she’s lived her whole life. Maybe that’s why people tend to assume she isn’t that bright—or maybe her mama is right and she does have bad blood. Either way, she knows the legend, and she knows the history. Her Ahna told her that the hungry creature—the kushtuka—appears to us in the form of someone we love. It will try to get us to follow it. Follow it where? Those who have gone no longer have throats to tell us.
The Kobuk River Valley of remote Alaska draws greedy white men time and time again. But whenever they come, death comes too. This time the white men are here for the long term, to create a rare earths mine just north of the village. When her sister Esther goes missing, Tapeesa will do anything to get her back. Seeking justice, Tapeesa must track down the kidnapper in the darkening Arctic. What awaits beyond the warmth of her village is more horrible than she could imagine and closer to her than she knows.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU IN THE DARK is a fast-paced, grab-you-by-the-throat story about love, loyalty, and all the fearsome monsters that emerge when we turn our backs on the land and each other.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mathilda Zeller writes horror and fantasy. She is of Inuit descent and her family and roots extend deep into the Kobuk River Valley, which inspires and informs her writing. Mathilda Zeller is a pen name, honoring two of her resilient great-grandmothers.
ABOUT THE CONVERSATION PARTNER
Uvaŋa Aviññaq. Nunatchiaġmiuŋuruŋa. Aakaga Quvyaguq. Aapaga Iñuŋuuluk. Aanaga Unaqsik. Taataga Tuŋŋaq. Savaktuŋa Aqqaluk Trust-kutni Iñuuniałiqput Director-mi.
Lucy Boyd is from Buckland, Alaska and is the Iñuuniałiqput Director at the Aqqaluk Trust. She was blessed to be around her great-grandparents, Evans and Emma Thomas, and heard them Iñupiaraaq all the time, so since she was young, she has always wanted to learn more about language and traditions. With this position, she works closely with the Regional Elders Council and Iñupiaq Language Commission to bring some of their vision to life in how they interact with and engage young people in their programs. She is a proud graduate of Buckland Middle School, Mt. Edgecumbe High School, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. In addition to working at the Aqqaluk Trust, she and her husband own a leadership development and marketing company. Earlier in her career she worked for Maniilaq in IT, NANA at many subsidiaries, and ran federal contracts for other Alaska Native Corporations.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 7.25 to USD 33.89
