Sky Daddy

by Kate Folk · 2025

Sky Daddy is Kate Folk’s audacious debut novel about Linda, a 30‑year‑old content moderator who lives a solitary life on the outskirts of San Francisco. By day she filters hateful online comments for a video‑sharing platform; by night she rents a windowless garage apartment and obsessively dreams of marrying a plane. The narrative follows Linda’s strange, erotic fixation on aviation—especially the 737 model—and her quest to find a soulmate in the sky. When a coworker invites her to a Vision Board Brunch, Linda publicly displays her aviation‑themed vision board, exposing her unconventional desire and forcing her to confront the loneliness, societal expectations, and the absurdity of modern corporate life. Darkly comic and surreal, the novel blends humor with poignant commentary on isolation, digital labor, and the human yearning for connection.