Disco at the End of the World by Mathan Tavares

Step in off the salty breeze and pull up a chair. We’ve got a story for you—one that shimmers under disco lights and stretches all the way to the moon.

The Disco at the End of the World is a sweeping, psychedelic romance about two men caught in a looping world of artificial realities, edited memories, secretive cabals, and quiet conspiracies to nudge humanity toward its next evolution. If you loved Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Ubik, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, or the swirling strangeness of Evangelion, this one belongs on your shelf.

The year is 1977—but not quite the one you remember. Here, America launched into space just after WWII, and Mitch Ward is a grunt in the US Spaceguard, stationed on a lonely backwater base on the Moon. His whole world is two people: Gloria, who lights up the barracks performing “Lady Stardust,” and Flynn.

Then comes a visit from something unseen. Terrifying. Maybe even euphoric.

Discharged and sent home, Mitch and Gloria chase their dreams down to Los Angeles, finding joy and belonging on the city’s disco floors. But when Flynn comes crashing back—claiming to host an emissary from a utopian civilization—he brings an offer. Power. Safety. A world where his community never has to hide again.

As the forces of prejudice close in, it falls to a band of disco-loving outcasts to stand up for what’s beautiful and right.

Glittering, queer, and big-hearted. The perfect companion for a rainy afternoon by the cove.

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