Antti Tuomainen

Antti Tuomainen, man, this guy’s got a knack for flipping the whole idea of Nordic noir on its head. You look at his stuff—The Rabbit Factor, Little Siberia (that one’s incoming in 2025, and yeah, people are already buzzing), and The Man Who Died (2022)—and you realize he’s not just playing in the genre, he’s actively messing with it, poking fun at the whole bleak-cold-Scandinavia vibe. With The Rabbit Factor, things get wild: you’ve got this super mathematical guy who hates chaos, suddenly thrown into the weird world of an amusement park after inheriting it. He’s awkward, everything’s off-kilter, and the bad guys? Oh, they’re there, lurking, but Tuomainen keeps it all so quirky you actually find yourself laughing at the absurdity. Then there’s Little Siberia—think small town, meteorite crashing, everyone losing their minds, secrets bubbling up like bad coffee. Each character’s got an angle, and you can’t trust anyone, but it’s not just grim—it’s got that dry, almost absurd humor you’d expect from someone who’s seen one too many Finnish winters. The Man Who Died? Now that’s a trip. Some dude finds out he’s been poisoned, but instead of curling up and dying, he goes full-on existential detective, trying to figure out who’s out to get him. It’s dark, sure, but Tuomainen’s voice? It’s like noir with a shot of espresso and a wink, making these stories weirdly fun, even when things get deadly.