In a war-torn kingdom, an infantile king hides, trapped by his fear of the monstrous wasp who has waited eons in her burrow under the palace, listening, dreaming . . . meanwhile, citizens cope as best they can with a world coming apart from within.

A dark poetic fantasy made of scrap materials from the ruins of our time, the poems by Brad Richard of Larval Songs are beautifully integrated with Kelly Anne Mueller‘s richly textured, playful and anxious artwork, in this sumptuously produced chapbook.