Jean Marc Ah-Sen and André Babyn’s SLODETHLAND ’66, set in a 1966 New York City awash in destitution and crime, following painter and life model Danica Klimmeck, who sees an opportunity to escape a moneyless existence when her ex-husband bequeaths her a burlesque club, to Enfield & Wizenty, for publication Fall 2026, by Samantha Haywood at Transatlantic Agency (world).
Jean Marc Ah-Sen is the author of Grand Menteur, In the Beggarly Style of Imitation, and Kilworthy Tanner. His writing has appeared in McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Literary Hub, The Comics Journal, Hazlitt, Maclean’s, The Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail.
André Babyn lives in Montréal. His work has appeared in Poetry, Maisonneuve, The Fanzine, Grain, The Ex-Puritan, and elsewhere. Quill and Quire called his first novel “a powerful and promising debut.” In 2024 he was longlisted for the Montréal Fiction Prize.
Jean Marc and André are both represented by Samantha Haywood
Congratulations, Jean Marc and André!