Nico Arehart: Soft Horror

More copies coming soon! September 2024, English, 5 x 8 inches, 38 pages, softcoverDesign: Alice Wang In their striking debut, Nico Arehart’s Soft Horror emerges as a visceral journey through the landscape of a crumpled body. This raw collection strips away pretense, exposing the harsh reality of our lived experiences through a lens both unflinching and tender. From Mexico City’s gritty streets to the intimate confines of addiction’s circuits, Arehart’s verses pulse with the wet heat of existence. Each poem is a gutter, a vein, an intestine—carrying substance and story through the body of the work. Here, childhood memories fester like open wounds, lovers weave blankets from shared scars, and the simplest acts morph into surreal nightmares.Interspersed throughout are Arehart’s minimalist drawings of racing circuits, subverted with added escape routes. These visual interludes echo the collection’s themes, suggesting both the circular nature of our struggles and the persistent search