The Migraine Diaries

Coming February 2026 from JackLeg Press

"A prismatic chronicle of mind, memory and loss."
–Patricia Lockwood, Booker Prize finalist author of No One Is Talking About This

"This is a charming, quirky narrative revolving around the recurrence and documentation of disorienting migraines. The eccentric protagonist (and their friends) and the overall irreverent aesthetic or anti-aesthetic of the narrative has a flawless, deadpan style, with dark humor and a skill for intriguing detail. This is an addictive, fascinating read. I highly recommend it!"
–Jose Hernandez Diaz, author of Bad Mexican, Bad American

When he begins hallucinating at the funeral for his best friend, a man must confront his grief even as an emerging chronic illness threatens to consume his entire existence.

An epistolary novel reminiscent of the fragmented style of Justin Torres’s Blackouts or Jenny Offill's Weather, The Migraine Diaries follows the suffering narrator as he and the rest of his friend group cope with their friend KJ’s fatal stroke. However, as the narrator’s chronic illness refuses to relent, his own grasp on life slips further and further away. Cyclical, poetic, and hallucinatory, the novel is in part an investigation of the comorbidity of grief and illness as well as a drama on the trials and joys of daily life.