The Near Abyss

Patrick Autréaux is the author of dozens of books and articles. The view of illness as an inner experience informs his first cycle of writing, ending with Se survivre (Verdier, 2013). Dans la vallée des larmes (In the Valley of Tears) was published in English by UIT Books (USA) in 2019. In 2024, Pussyboy (Verdier, 2021), his novel about an erotic passion, was published in Spanish by Canta Mares (Mexico). His latest novel, L’époux, was published by Gallimard in 2025. His fiction and essays have appeared in translation in Asymptote, Socrates on the Beach, 3:AM Magazine, and elsewhere. Autréaux divides his time between Paris and Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Tobias Ryan is a writer, translator, and editor from Wales, living in France. His writing and translations have appeared in Asymptote, Tolka, Firmament, and elsewhere. His novella, GLANTZ, was published by Equus Press in 2025. Ryan is coeditor in chief of minor literature[s].