Author Joshua Chaplinsky is merging two very unlikely worlds in the form of ‘Kanye West – Reanimator‘, an upcoming novella that will be released September 1st via Yolo House Publishers. You can snag the paperbook edition now via Amazon.
Chaplinsky explains how this insanity came about, writing:
Appropriately it started out as an experiment, where every time the name Herbert and/or West came up, I replaced it with Kanye. Then, I went through and changed certain details of the story to reflect Kanye’s biography. Finally, I discovered what the piece was really about, and began turning it into a bizarre mix of Lovecraftian horror and hip-hop history. It puts a whole new spin on both the Kanye persona and Lovecraft’s original story.
In it, Kanye attempts to reanimate a moribund hip-hop scene, only to come to the conclusion that his music is so powerful, it should be used to reanimate the dead. And who better to reanimate than those two legendary titans gone before their time—Biggie [Smalls] and Tupac [Shakur]? Hilarity and carnage ensue.
The cover, which features art by Dyer Wilk, with design by Matthew Revert, can be seen below.
‘Kanye West-Reanimator‘ will be available in print and ebook formats on September 1st from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and by request at your local independent bookstore.
