Super Castle Fun Park
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A wild, beguiling novel about isolation, technology, and raising the dead by the co-editor of Queer Little Nightmares
The dead want to speak to you. But are you ready to hear their words? Super Castle Fun Park explores a group of people tending wistfully to their precarious lives. Dario is an aimless pessimist staying at a themed hotel who is tasked with the care of his aunt at the end of her life. Jeremy is Dario's anxious boyfriend who is trapped in his home, plagued by disturbing visions. Chelsea is an ornery medium who spends her free time on her phone trolling a group of misfits in an online game. Each of them is at the precipice of change, and the people they are interconnected to, including the dead, will be there when it happens.
Moving seamlessly between quiet melancholy, wry humour, and the supernatural, Super Castle Fun Park is a novel that defies expectations: a tragicomic, very human story about isolation, ghosts, technology, and our deep, abiding need for connection.
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Daniel Zomparelli (he/him) is the author of the poetry books Jump Scare, Davie Street Translations, and Rom Com, co-written with Dina Del Bucchia (all published by Talonbooks). His story collection Everything Is Awful and You're a Terrible Person (Arsenal Pulp Press) was a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and won the ReLit Short Fiction Award. He co-edited Queer Little Nightmares (Arsenal Pulp Press) with David Ly. Born and raised in Vancouver, he now lives in Glendale, CA.
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Published: May 2026
ISBN: 9781770419278
Duration: 8:04
Reviews
“I love this book. With writing that feels halfway to mysticism, like a blurting, flowing down from a mystic who also happens to be incredibly funny. This book squints in the bright light of reality and moves with the tidal pull of how we are haunted and how we haunt ourselves, what washes up and gets in our way, restricts our movements (or creates how we dance around what is disconcerting or inexplicable to us). It's exciting, dry, and bright in its humour and unlike any literary voice I've ever read.” — Jenny Slate, author of Lifeform and Little Weirds
“Told via the intersecting stories of several characters, Super Castle Fun Park offers perspectives on themes such as grief, personal growth, sexuality, and connection in ways that range from sardonic and humorous to more emotionally resonant, often shifting between the two in quick succession ... there is much here to reward the keen and attentive.” — BC Review
“Super Castle Fun Park is a refreshing and innovative novel that defies categorization. Weaving multiple perspectives and toggling between the IRL and URL, Zomparelli paints a picture of modern life that is bleak, moving, scary, and darkly funny — often all within the same sentence. The connective tissue between all of it is the desire to connect and evade loneliness. It's a deeply human and original work and, like all great art, it made me feel less alone.” — Ryan O'Connell, author of Just by Looking at Him and Inspiration Porn
“I've been waiting for a novel from Daniel Zomparelli since reading his short stories, poetry, and the queer horror anthology he co-edited, so I could not be more thrilled with this new book Super Castle Fun Park! Daniel's books are funny and weird and bizarre, full of odd characters who defy categorization, but through all the quirkiness, we end up with connection and understanding. Not since Miranda July's No One Belongs Here More Than You have I felt such a strong affinity for the characters of a book and their circumstances. Read this book for all the emotions.” — Mary-ann Yazedjian, Book Warehouse and Black Bond Books (for The Booksellers' List, CIBA)