“ltpgt ltigtYellow Barks Spiderltigt hypnotizes me The hyper close contemplation of seemingly small and ephemeral images is peculiar at first The prose makes the unremarkable remarkable and unsettling These images then begin to loop into an intimate trancelike narrative Harman Burns absolutely vaporizes the goinghomeagain trope and gives us something urgent and original ltbrgt Amber Dawn author of ltigtMy Art Is Killing Me and Other PoemsltigtltbrgtltbrgtltbrgtThe nameless smalltown kid in ltigtYellow Barks Spiderltigt captured my heart The poetic snapshots that comprise this novella tell the experiences that comprise a young life from rural to urban landscapes each with their own beauty and danger A dark compelling and gorgeous book unafraid to play with form and to leave a reader wanting moreltbrgt Dina Del Bucchia author of ltigtDont Tell Me What to Doltigt and host of ltigtCant Lit ltigtpodcast ltbrgtltbrgtltbrgtA visceral and uncompromising work ltigtYellow Barks Spiderltigt delves into addiction and abuse reinvention and reckoning while pushing the boundaries of form Haunting well past the final page Harman Burns has written a novella that demands dissection even as its characters yearn to healltbrgt Genki Ferguson author of ltigtSatellite Loveltigtltbrgtltbrgtltbrgtltpgt”