At the End of Every Day - by Arianna Reiche (Paperback)

About the Book

"Delphi has spent years working at a vast and iconic theme park in California after fleeing childhood trauma in her rural hometown. But after the disturbing death of a beloved Hollywood starlet on the park grounds, Delphi is tasked with shuttering The Park for good. Meanwhile, two siblings with ties to The Park exchange letters, trying to understand why people who work there have been disappearing. Before long, they learn that there's a reason no one is meant to see behind The Park's curtain. What happens when The Park empties out? And what happens when Delphi, who seems remarkably at one with The Park, is finally forced to leave? At once a novel about the uncanny valley, death cults, optical illusions, and the enduring power of fantasy, Reiche's debut is a mind-bending teacup ride through an eerily familiar landscape, where the key to it all is what happens at the end of every day"--

Book Synopsis

This haunting debut novel--perfect for fans of Iain Reid, Jeff VanderMeer, and Julia Armfield--is a "wild genre-and-mind-bending ride" (Laura Sims, author of Looker) about a loyal employee at a collapsing theme park questioning the recent death of a celebrity visitor, the arrival of strange new guests, her boyfriend's erratic behavior, and ultimately her own sanity.

Delphi has spent years working at a vast and iconic theme park in California after fleeing a trauma in her rural hometown. But following the disturbing death of a beloved Hollywood starlet on the park grounds, Delphi is tasked with shuttering it for good.

Meanwhile, two siblings with ties to the park exchange letters, trying to understand why people who work there have been disappearing. Before long, they learn that there's a reason no one is meant to see behind its carefully guarded curtain...

What happens when the park empties out? And what happens when Delphi, who seems remarkably at one with it, is finally forced to leave?

Simultaneously "a smart and surprising escape room of a novel" (Matt Bell, author of Appleseed) about the uncanny valley, death cults, optical illusions, and the enduring power of fantasy, Reiche's debut is a mind-bending teacup ride through an eerily familiar landscape, where the key to it all is what happens at the end of every day.

Review Quotes

"A dreamlike, unsettling narrative that frequently slides into the uncanny valley. Readers are in for an eerie, psychological roller-coaster ride."--Publishers Weekly

"An extraordinary creative reach."--New York Times Book Review

"Arianna Reiche's At the End of Every Day is a smart and surprising escape room of a novel, transforming America's theme park urban legends and pop culture mythologies into something darker, stranger, weirder--or else only making clear what dark and strange and weird holds such amusements have always had on us." --Matt Bell, author of Appleseed

"Arianna Reiche's At the End of Every Day takes us deep inside a dying--and sometimes deadly-- theme park. Filled with richly detailed descriptions of the world her possibly unreliable protagonist, Delphi, knows best, Reiche's unique take on the epic quest--featuring creepy bots, a death cult, subterranean realms, and more--compels you to hang on for the wild genre-and-mind-bending ride." --Laura Sims, author of Looker and How Can I Help You

About the Author

Arianna Reiche is a Bay Area-born writer living in east London. Her award-winning fiction has appeared in Glimmer Train, Ambit magazine, Joyland, and Popshot, and her features have been published by New Scientist, USA TODAY, VICE, The Wall Street Journal, and Vogue. She researches metafiction and lectures in interactive media at City, University of London.