“Peterson’s eccentric cast of characters fit into this offbeat plot driven novel perfectly….This is a fast, fun read.”

Manhattan Book Review

“This is not your usual detective story and not your typical detective. In Better Living Through Alchemy, we are gifted with an exceptional story filled with remarkable characters. Peterson can provoke the kind of chilling unease that reverberates like an echo in the middle of the night."

Ann VanderMeer

editor of The Weird and The Big Book of Science Fiction

Take Bardo.

Be God.

Your Host Organism

Evan J. Peterson is an author. A game writer. A creator of stories and experiences.

Works include Drag Star! (Choice of Games), the world’s first drag performer rpg, as well as METAFLESH: Poems in the Voice(s) of the Monster and The Road to Innsmouth: Arkham Horror. Writing has appeared in Weird Tales, PseudoPod, Queers Destroy Horror, Nightmare Magazine, and Best Gay Stories.

Portrait by Angela Dawn & DA Booth. Taken on location at MoPOP.

A Better Future Awaits

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