Humorist Books to Publish Supernatural Comedy ‘Attack of the Rom-Com’ by Martti Nelson
New York, NY –Lookout! Vengeful movie tropes — and true love — are primed to strike in Attack of the Rom-Com, a warm, wild, and hilarious supernatural comedy.
About the only thing that tough, cynical, and profane Sophie Sweet adores is her ride-or-die BFF Jodie Edwards. Sophie has been hurt too many times to bother with other people, and that goes double for love, a ridiculous fairy tale designed to keep women down. Or so Sophie says.
Every year, Sophie and Jodie visit a fortune teller, but this time, they’re met with a surprise: Tiffani the Psychic. This bubbly, pink-clad medium will stop at nothing to get to Tiffany’s squishy, sensitive heart. Sophie wants no part of that.
Too bad.
Tiffani is coming, whether she likes it or not — and she definitely won’t like being subject to a string of magical, nightmarish, and seemingly inescapable scenarios built out of rom-com cliches.
Can Tiffani prove to Sophie that love can heal all wounds? And that love is also right there, in front of her oblivious face, whether she likes it or not? Watch out for the Attack of the Rom-Com.
“I love writing books that make women feel like superheroines who can do anything no matter who they are,” Nelson says. “Attack of the Rom-Com is about fundamental feminine relationships, the ones keeping our brains from exploding in a ridiculous world full of rom-com nightmares. This book is for every lady who’d gleefully help bury the body for their girls.”
Amidst the summer of Barbie and a reassessment of cultural tropes through a feminist lens, Attack of the Rom-Com is a taut, funny, and thoughtful addition to the conversation. It will be available on August 15, 2023 in paperback format wherever books are sold, and in various major e-reader formats.
To arrange author interviews and appearances, or to receive a review copy, contact Brian Boone at Humorist Books. Visit the book page for links and info here
About the Author
Martti Nelson is a humor author specializing in comedy, satire, parody, and
general nonsense whose work has appeared on Weekly Humorist, Robot Butt, McSweeney’s, and The Belladonna. In 2021, she published Lyssa Strata: A Comedy for the Frustrated (Humorist Books), a contemporary take on Aristophanes. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, a cat named Otis, and a little lemon tree of which she is far too proud. Find Martti on Twitter, Instagram, and Threads.
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