First published 2024
A nameless protagonist wakes up in a strange room, with no memory of how they got there. As they explore, they encounter a series of bizarre, interconnected choices - each one leading to a different, equally confounding reality. Is this all a dream? A simulation? Or something even more unsettling? With Snicket's trademark dark humor and playful experimentation, "And Then? and Then? What Else?" takes readers on a mind-bending journey that questions the nature of choice, consciousness, and the very fabric of existence.
Genres: literary-fiction, contemporary, 21st-century, dark-fantasy, alternate-universe
Vibes: surreal, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: alternate-reality, unreliable-narrator
Period: 21st-century
240 pages · Hardcover · Liveright