Transatlantic Agency is delighted to welcome Theodore C. Van Alst Jr., represented by Transatlantic agent Rachel Letofsky. We’re excited to support their work and be part of this next stage in their creative journey.
Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. is the author of Chicago-set award-winning story collections Sacred Smokes, Sacred City, and Sacred Folks, as well as the editor of The Faster Redder Road: The Best UnAmerican Stories of Stephen Graham Jones all from the University of New Mexico Press. His co-edited (with Shane Hawk) bestselling Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology was published in September 2023 by Vintage/Penguin Random House and has been a finalist for the Bram Stoker, British Fantasy, Locus, and Shirley Jackson Awards. His Southern Gothic novella Pour One for the Devil was released by Lanternfish Press in March 2024. His debut novel, The El, will be published by Vintage/Penguin Random House in August 2025. His work has appeared in Southwest Review, Chicago Review, The Journal of Working-Class Studies, Massachusetts Review, Red Earth Review, Indian Country Today, and elsewhere.
Welcome, Ted!