Cox's second novel Krakow Melt was excerpted in The Advocate,[5] nominated for the Ferro-Grumley Award, and named to the American Library Association's Over the Rainbow List.
The novel formed the basis of three essays in the debut issue of The Word Hoard, academic journal of the Department of English and Writing Studies at Western University.
[11][12] Cox read the entire novel out loud at a durational performance, the last event held at RATS9 gallery in Montreal.
His essays and short stories have been published in several anthologies and literary journals, including The Guardian, The Globe and Mail,Electric Literature, Literary Hub, Catapult, The Florida Review, The Rumpus, Fourth Genre, Maisonneuve, Open Book Toronto, and filling Station.
[20] It was a finalist for the Grand Prix du livre de Montréal, named a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2023, and reviewed in The Washington Post.