(with Micah Bloomberg)
First the Gimlet podcast (Catherine Keener, Oscar Isaac, David Schwimmer, David Cross, Amy Sedaris), then the Amazon series (Julia Roberts, Janelle Monae, Bobby Cannavale, Stephan James, Chris Cooper, Sissy Spacek). Homecoming centers on a caseworker at an experimental facility, her ambitious supervisor, and a soldier eager to rejoin civilian life — presented in an enigmatic collage of telephone calls, therapy sessions, and overheard conversations.
(with Russell Quinn, Matt Derby,
& Kevin Moffett)
Available for iPhone and iPad, and in print from FSG Originals.
Official selection of the Sundance New Frontiers Story Lab; winner of the inaugural Digital Americana Prize for Storytelling; winner of the Webby Award for Innovation.
"Entirely revolutionary."
—Wired
"A landmark project that illuminates a possible future for e-book novels."
—Los Angeles Times
"Relentlessly thoughtful and new."
— Times (UK)
"Exceptionally rich and frequently moving… A compelling story about difference, rights, and power."
—The Guardian (UK)
"A sprawling, captivating work… A rare breath of excitement in a confused industry.
—Forbes
"Exquisitely designed… The overall effect is one of total immersion."
—Boston Globe
"This is the first — and definitive — Great American Digital Novel."
—The Webby Awards
"A book-app chimera with the weight and flow of a good novel and the open-ended world-making potential of a collaborative game. … A revelation."
—Contents
"A brilliant, haunting work of speculative fiction."
—South China Morning Post
"The Silent History is both an experiment and a dramatic statement: what is possible when fiction and technology merge in a meaningful and innovative way?"
—KQED
"Brilliant… A vital work of art."
—Huffington Post
"No interactive or electronic book in existence has ever come close to the creativity or the uniqueness or the altogether newness of The Silent History."
—TeleRead
"Will change your reading experience forever."
—BuzzFeed
Managing editor and publisher,
2002 - 2010
Edited and designed books and quarterlies by authors including Denis Johnson, Miranda July, Michael Chabon, Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King, Nick Hornby, Salvador Plascencia, William Vollmann, Deb Olin Unferth, David Byrne, Adam Levin, James Hannaham, Ricky Jay, Robert Coover, Jessica Anthony, Lawrence Weschler, John Brandon, and Art Spiegelman.
A novel in ten days.
Digital edition available for iPhone and iPad. Slipcased hardcover from Sudden Oak Books. Paperback from FSG Originals.
"The Pickle Index is full of life and everything else — rowdy and sweaty and heartbreaking and funny."
—Miranda July
“The Pickle Index is a delight — the narration is laugh-out-loud funny. … A fun, strange romp through an absurdly cured world.”
—Carmen Machado, NPR
“A beautifully illustrated, hardcover set of two volumes … Proves that challenging, interactive, multi-platform storytelling can be compelling, immersive, and fun.”
—Wired
“One of the rarest and most exciting things that can happen in publishing: an original story, created with and for the multiple formats it lives in. … The Pickle Index shows us a path forward.”
—The Bookseller
“A Roald Dahl-via-Kafka-esque fable for the digital age.”
—Slate
A legendary, reclusive author… a desperate, despondent fan… and a mind-altering, interdimensional shrub.
A new kind of audio drama, starring Catherine Keener, Bobby Cannavale, Parker Posey, Darrell Britt-Gibson, and Sam Waterston. Available now from Gimlet/Spotify.
(with Mac Barnett & Scott Teplin)
A book and a treasure hunt, with real emeralds buried in real dirt across the country.
“Part The Westing Game, part Masquerade, this board book mystery lures readers in with its pentagonal shape, dry humor, and pages of intricate details."
—Publishers Weekly
"A marvel.… Clock is a house-shaped board book chock full of mystery, humor and stunning artwork."
—San Francisco Chronicle
"Enter the world's weirdest book. I'm sure there are other words for it, but the term 'weird' sticks out prominently in my mind. So too do the words 'wacky,' 'hypnotic,' 'awe-inspiring,' and 'potentially hazardous to your health.'"
—School Library Journal
A featured selection of the 2022 SXSW Film Festival. Starring Winona Ryder, Dermot Mulroney, John Gallagher Jr, Brianne Tju, and Owen Teague. Filmed in the redwoods of Northern California.
(with Roger Bennett)
An illustrated cultural history of table tennis — science and seduction, geopolitics and eternal life, plus tales from the table by Nick Hornby, Will Shortz, Davy Rothbart, Sloane Crosley, and Jonathan Safran Foer.
"A history, a celebration, a support group, and an argument for ping pong as a pop cultural force."
—San Francisco Chronicle
"There is full frontal nudity in it. I'm not a prude but it would have been inappropriate for this particular person to receive as a gift. I gave a zero for a review because I believe there should be more of a warning that that the book contains such images given the title is about what is basically a game most learn in childhood."
—Linda M., Amazon.com
(with Chris Adrian & Russell Quinn)
Available for iPhone and iPad, and in print from FSG Originals.
"The most ambitious attempt I've seen at exploring a future where books lack physical form and are better for it… With The New World, Adrian and Horowitz have achieved a true melding of form and content."
—Gizmodo
"The New World is the story of a difficult marriage and the love and stuff that holds it together or nearly breaks it apart until death and perhaps even beyond. ...Something wonderful takes place right in front of us on almost every charming, idiosyncratic, thought-provoking page."
—NPR's All Things Considered
THE INSIDER
https://www.sfmoma.org/app/
An installation/exploration set across three floors of the newly remodeled SFMOMA.
FRAMBLO'S OAKLAND
www.detour.com/framblo
(with Andrew Leland, Jorge Just, & Thao Nguyen)
A dynamic, site-specific audio tour of downtown Oakland, recounting the (fictional) story of a legendary street musician and her jilted bandmate.
Built by unskilled hands from salvaged redwood.
