“If you feel alone in the world find someone to worship you” Henry Hoke invites us into the mind of a philosophical mountain lion in this brief novel. The prose is straightforward – each line a brief thought that flows into the next. No punctuation slowing down the reader, just the musings of a queer mountain lion yearning to understand his own urges. He is aware of his potential for violence – it is part of his origin story. That potential is a throbbing heartbeat […]