Mr. Yay

""Emily Jane’s writing is witty, buoyant, and sincere. This genuine cast of characters tackles my favorite rabbit hole of parallel universes and collective memory while skillfully relating it to finding our place in the world, and how our choices shape us. Such a fun and delightfully bizarre ride of a book!"" —Natalie Sue, bestselling author of I Hope This Finds You Well ""Equal parts whimsical and weird, Mr. Yay asks us to consider the nature of reality itself. Is it out there somewhere, or are we each lost in our own little hallucination, groping blindly for something to hang onto? Buckle up! You're in for a wild ride."" —Mark Waddell, author of Carl Gets Promoted and Dooms the World “A delightfully weird book about what might be in other universes and what could've been in this one. Mr. Yay had me captivated at every turn, from the mystery of This Random Dog's appearance to Holly's breakdown to Miriam and Jack investigating together. The Adventures of Mr. Yay may not exist in our universe, but I will never forget Mr. Yay.” —E.M. Anderson, author of The Keeper of Lonely Spirits “A fascinating read that grabs you from the very first page and straddles a few genres in order to create a story that’s unique and utterly heartwarming. It’s a little bit women’s fiction, a little bit Stranger Things, but it gave me the hopeful, aching sense of wonder that I got from watching E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial the first time. Loved every page!” —Ruby Dixon, New York Times bestselling author of By the Horns on Here Beside the Rising Tide “Heartfelt, witty, and secretly romantic . . . A delightful and poignant story about what it is to be human and what we owe each other.” —Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of Love and Other Words on On Earth as It Is on Television “Like a science-fiction novel that runs in the margins of I Can Has Cheezburger? memes.” —Scientific American on On Earth as It Is on Television “Jane juggles the fantastical with the ordinary, and readers will relish this clever, heartfelt story about friendship and family.” —Booklist on Here Beside the Rising Tide “Quirky and wise and scarily relevant—a must-read for fans of Grady Hendrix.” —Shannon Morgan, author of Her Little Flowers on American Werewolves “Weird and sweet . . . Like a 2020s White Noise: loud and colorful Americana with a sprinkle of apocalyptic doom—plus cats. It takes aliens (or an Emily Jane) to help us see our society for the bizarre, sugary, microplastic-poisoned dream it is.” —Edgar Cantero, New York Times bestselling author of Meddling Kids on On Earth as It Is on Television