Nota bene: although etymologically related, an invert is not an introvert, rather it’s sometimes used as a shortened form of invertebrate and also as an outdated term for homosexuals. Armand himself, I confess it took me over a year to start reading it, daunted by its small margins, 500-plus pages, etc., but more so too fatigued from living the pandemic to read the pandemic, surviving the physical and mental claustrophobia, cloistered foibles, the teeth-gnashing nightmares of being hounded by the sneezing mask-less masses, the coughing coffin crowds confined, leaving even the introverts like myself feeling intubated water-boarded brained, despite the character Papa Walt declaring that “isolation is society for inverts!” in a brief section titled CONVERSION THERAPY. Armand certainly did not forget this, rather he built upon it while also tearing it down.Īfter soliciting a copy from Mr. Let’s not forget that Camus wrote the quintessential pandemic novel over 70 years ago with his La Peste. Published by Alienist Manifesto in 2020, Vampyr is certainly one of the most unique (anti-)novels to come out of the pandemic era, as punctual as it is fang-punctured, considering it was released a mere 6 months after the CDC declared COVID-19 had reached the level of a pandemic, released on All Hallows’ Eve, to be exact, and when it comes to pandemic literature, particularly during the Drumpf regime, it won’t likely be topped anytime soon, especially when we try and fail to enumerate the dull deluge of essays, poems, anthologies, and other works that rehash the same tired thoughts and feelings about this era.

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