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[transbookoftheday]

Old Wounds by Logan-Ashley Kisner

Two transgender teens end up in a small, isolated town, where they must escape the locals who plan to sacrifice one of them to an ancient monster that only eats girls. A pulse-pounding thriller perfect for fans of Midsommar and Hell Followed with Us!

Erin and Max are two transgender teens trying to get to California. Max is desperate to finally transition, and Erin is longing to understand why she’s on this trip to begin with. The last she spoke to Max was when he suddenly broke up with her two years ago.

But when they find themselves stranded in the middle of the woods in a small Kentucky town, they realize they have much bigger problems. The locals need a female sacrifice for the monster that lives in the woods—according to them, the sun won’t come up again until the monster eats a girl . . . and it only eats what it kills. Fighting back is futile; no one selected as the offering has ever survived the night.

When the two strangers show up, the locals believe they have the perfect candidate. The irony of the situation is almost too much to fathom.

The thing is, the locals don’t know who they just trapped as their sacrifice. They don’t know Erin’s and Max’s secrets, which could be a death sentence on a good day. And the monster that lives in their woods has never faced prey who have already fought so hard to live.

[bookaddict24-7]

(New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (September 10th, 2024)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Releases:

Old Wounds by Logan-Ashley Kisner

Gita Desai is Not Here to Shut Up by Sonia Patel

To the Bone by Alena Bruzas

Ida, In Love & In Trouble by Veronica Chambers

How to Lose A Best Friend by Jordan K. Casomar

Desert Echoes by Abdi Nazemian

Till the Last Beat of My Heart by Louangie Bou-Montes

Murder On A Summer Break by Kate Weston

They Thought They Buried Us by NoNieqa Ramos

New Sequels:

Tiger's Tale (The Tiger Saga #6) by Colleen Houck

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Happy reading!

[the73rdpostscript]

By the way, for my fellow horror fan mutuals, the news about the Suzy Izzard horror movie feels like a great time to promote this person: logan-ashley kisner

He's been researching and trying to create the first comprehensive list of every trans character in horror, and because of the nature of film, the project has also become one of preservation.

You find all it's work here: https://linktr.ee/transhorror

And if you want to listen/watch a pretty decent rundown of how the work was going a year ago, he's recorded one 2 hour video detailing the movies he had watched at that point and their place in the historical timeline/eras of trans representation in horror: https://youtu.be/rmKiBNGMy_k

The video includes some pretty great insights about trends in both bigotry and storytelling across the history of horror - but it especially highlights the positive aspects of some trans horror stories that might get generally dismissed as "problematic" without context.

This whole project is INCREDIBLY cool and informative. I really hope my fellow horror fans check it out and maybe show him some support.

[the-final-sentence]

It’s a long and convoluted path, perhaps, but it’s one she’s confident will bring her back to Max, as it did before and as it hopefully will again.

Logan-Ashley Kisner, from Old Wounds

[gaylittleguys]

ok I know people have written/talked about Ginger Snaps (2000) as a trans allegory from Ginger’s perspective but when I first watched it I read it as a trans-allegory horror from Brigitte’s perspective. More along the vein of being a transmasc teenager and seeing female puberty and the transformations that come from that as horrifying, and fearing that happening to you too.

[the-bi-library]

Happy bisexual visibility day! Here are bisexual books out in September!

Books listed:

The Lovers by Rebekah Faubion

Pumpkin Spice & Poltergeist by Ali K. Mulford and Elle Morrison

Love and Loathing in El Olvido by Sylvia San Sebastian

At the End of the River Styx by Michelle Kulwicki

We Will Devour The Night (The Essence of the Equinox, #2) by Camilla Andrew

The Hunter's Gambit by Ciel Pierlot

The Seemingly Impossible Love Life of Amanda Dean by Ann Rose

The Age of Larkspur by Aleighsha Parke

She Slipped Through the Cracks by W. Payne Sillavan

The Glass Scientists, Vol. 2 by S.H. Cotugno

The Shadowbearer's Curse by Jasmyn Morning

Nightstrider (Nightstrider, 1) by Sophia Slade

No One Does It Like You by Katie Shepard

Imbued (Imbued, #1) by Helyna L. Clove

Ménage à Claws (Wayward Déine Chronicles Book 1) by Amelia Lascaux

Spells to Forget Us by Aislinn Brophy

Not The Fainting Kind (Not That Kind Of Dandy Book 2) by Will Soulsby-McCreath

Old Wounds by Logan-Ashley Kisner

The Gods Below (The Hollow Covenant, #1) by Andrea Stewart

Gravity’s Fire by C.J. Aralore

Hating a Witch by Brigid Hunt

Stuck in the Middle With You by Frances M. Thompson

You and I Collide by E. A. M. Trofimenkoff

The Kings of Dusk & Dawn (The Heir to Moondust, #4) by Lou Wilham

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

💙💜💖 Bi Books Coming Out September 2024

💖💜💙 It's Bisexuality Visibility Month! Here are a few bisexual books coming out in September that would make fabulous additions to your never-ending TBR! Happy reading!

💙 I apologize for any discrepancies. Publishing days are subject to change.

💖 The Seemingly Impossible Love Life of Amanda Dean - Ann Rose 💜 Old Wounds - Logan-Ashley Kisner 💙 The Lovers - Rebekah Faubion

💖 This World Is Not Yours - Kemi Ashing-Giwa 💜 The Gods Below - Andrea Stewart 💙 Old Wounds - Logan-Ashley Kisner

💖 The Hunter's Gambit - Ciel Pierlot 💜 We Will Devour The Night - Camilla Andrew 💙 The Shadowbearer's Curse - Jasmyn Morning

💖 She Slipped Through the Cracks - W. Payne Sillavan 💜 The Age of Larkspur - Aleighsha Parke 💙 At the End of the River Styx - Michelle Kulwicki

💖 Love and Loathing in El Olvido - Sylvia San Sebastian 💜 Pumpkin Spice & Poltergeist - Ali K. Mulford & K. Elle Morrison 💙 The Gods Below - Andrea Stewart

💖 You and I Collide - E. A. M. Trofimenkoff 💜 No One Does It Like You - Katie Shepard 💙 Stuck in the Middle With You - Frances M. Thompson

💖 Imbued - Helyna L. Clove 💜 Spells to Forget Us - Aislinn Brophy 💙 Ménage à Claws - Amelia Lascaux

💖 Hating a Witch - Brigid Hunt 💜 Not The Fainting Kind - Will Soulsby-McCreath 💙 Gravity’s Fire - C.J. Aralore

[moony-myles]

Queer Coding in Re-Animator!

A mini list of my favourite works that examine Re-Animator through the ways in which it is queer coded!

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"Refuse of God's Failures" and Transness in Bride of Re-Animator - Logan Ashley Kisner. Gayly Dreadful.

https://www.gaylydreadful.com/blog/pride-2021-refuse-of-gods-failures-and-transness-in-bride-of-re-animator

A short piece that talks about how Bride of Re-Animator exhibits symbolism of the trans community through themes of body modification and creation.

Queering the Slasher : Re-Animator - vide0 n4sty. youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGQe9CmBsN0&list=LL&index=1

A video essay which analyzes Herbert West in specific as an example of a queer character in horror. As well as how the Re-Animator films are queer coded overall.

Made to be Monsters ; 'Re-Animator' - Logan Ashley Kisner. An Injustice!

https://aninjusticemag.com/made-to-be-monsters-re-animator-659943b944df

Another piece by Kisner, this work is longer and goes into more detail about the queer coding of both the first and second films. Specifically they again talk about trans coding and symbolism that can be found in the movies, though this time more through the lens of Herbert being a trans man rather than relating it to the Bride.

[jigsaw-copycat]

Forever enjoying the fact the final year film school almost 70 page dissertation I put this image in gave me a 1st in my whole uni degree

(Og image is from an article by Logan Ashley Kisner - their article was referenced in my writing)

[Image ID: A screengrab of Ash Williams from the TV show Ash Vs. Evil Dead photoshopped on top of a static trans flag. The image is pasted into a word document. Text above reads Ashley "Ash" Williams. End ID.]

[fullmetalfisting]

Here is what I read in the month of September!

1. Love and Other Conspiracies by Mallory Marlowe ⭐⭐⭐

2. The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton ⭐⭐⭐

3. Us in Ruins by Rachel Moore ⭐⭐

4. 49 Miles Alone by Natalie D. Richards ⭐⭐

5. A Family of Killers by Bryce Moore ⭐⭐⭐1/2 

6. Old Wounds by Logan-Ashley Kisner ⭐⭐⭐

7. To the Bone by Alena Bruzas ⭐⭐⭐

8. Red River Road by Anna Downes ⭐⭐⭐

9. The Lies We Conjure by Sarah Henning ⭐⭐

10. The Ornothologist’s Field Guide to Love by India Holton ⭐⭐⭐  

11. Look in the Mirror by Catherine Steadman ⭐⭐⭐ 

12. Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson ⭐⭐⭐ 

[transhorrors]

hi guys. i’m getting published in 2025. it’s trans horror and it’s the biggest publishing house in the us :,)

[sluttypatrickstar]

spooky reading round-up

🌟 you’re not supposed to die tonight by kalynn bayron – exceedingly fun and readable YA slasher. i was a little let down by the ending but it was still a good time and i recommend it!

“parthenogenesis” by stephen graham jones – i don’t think i understood this, but i would very much like to revisit it as it was an interesting one

borrasca by c.k. walker – this one’s a r/nosleep story. i guess i thought it was good at evoking a small town nostalgic feel but i did not like it, it did not scare me, and the extra final part was so bad it was borderline unreadable.

“everybody is in the place” by emma j. gibbon – DEFINITELY did not understand this one but i did quite like the vibes

“in the faded light” by narrenstrich – a comic from the shortbox comics fair, there’s only a few more hours left on that if you want to get this one. interesting little queer horror, i liked this one!

🌟 the left/right game by jack anderson – another r/nosleep story. this one had me HOOKED. i was creeped out, i was emotional, i was tense, i did not know where it was going, this one was so much better than borrasca.

🌟 we have always lived in the castle by shirley jackson – interestingly, for something recommended so often as a halloween read, i think this one would be a better summer read. classic gothic tale, FUCK uncle charles, fuck the villagers, i hope merricat and constance live a nice life (this was probably the wrong takeaway but...)

old wounds by logan-ashley kisner – trans YA horror about a beast in the woods that only eats girls. loved having two trans protagonists and love the whole being stuck out in the woods where a cult is trying to feed you to a fucking beast thing but once again i did not completely love the ending with the beast here. one of the protagonists was also quite unlikeable and a bit of a dick which some reviewers noted was quite off-putting, but being a teenager – especially a trans teenager forced to pretend you’re not – sucks and so i give him a pass

🌟 the spirit bares its teeth by andrew joseph white – another trans YA horror, this time with added autism and a period victorian setting. i did not like this one as much as i wanted to and it did not change my life or anything (it also used ‘hung’ instead of hanged and kept repeating ‘write me’ which is. an american thing and which really kept pulling me out of the story) but it was very readable, a good story, i was rooting for the main characters, and it’s nice seeing the possibility of trans love and joy even in a period setting that wants the exact opposite of that.

🌟 “the v*mpire” by p.h. lee – like “parthenogenesis” and “everybody is in the place”, you can go read this one on the reactor website and Frankly I Think You Should Because You’re Reading This On Tumblr. a story about domestic abuse intertwined with mid-2010s social justice culture on tumblr, my jaw just kept dropping.

🌟 never whistle at night edited by shane hawk and theodore c. van alst jr. – an indigenous dark fiction anthology. i started to feel like i was slogging through this one at the midpoint, but i can’t really say why at all – is it the length of the collection? is it because the stories were all of similar length? is it just hard to read a short story collection in a month? but i would not say to let that put you off this. lots of really great stories, very thought-provoking and because there’s a lot of stories in this collection there are a lot of ideas in these pages to chew on (i read this for book club and so there was a lot for us to talk about). i also enjoy the way that different writers change and locate the sites of the same horror. standouts for me were kushtuka, wingless, snakes are born in the dark, behind colin’s eyes, scariest. story. ever, the prepper, sundays, capgras, the scientist’s horror story, and collections. i find capgras, sundays, and collections have particularly stuck with me the most since finishing the collection.

🌟 pet sematary by stephen king – well, this book was fairly problematic in many of the usual and predictable stephen king ways and i went in knowing and expecting that (also surprisingly silly at times – he kept referencing blitzkrieg bop 😭) but good god this man can tell a story. this one was so difficult to keep picking back up because it was so bleak. the horror in this one isn’t so much the scary monsters or even the dead coming back from the pet sematary but the pervasiveness of death and the inevitability of it. you can’t bring your loved ones back no matter how much you want to. this one is really a book about death and grief. not sure i recommend it since it’s got Problems, but it gets a star because of how much this one really sat with me this month

i have not finished either of the british library collections i got from the library but i am also reading holy ghosts, a collection of ecclesiastical horror which hasn’t really scared me at all yet, and dangerous dimensions, a collection of weird fiction about maths and science going wrong, which has actually creeped me out a bit so far

[lainahastoomuchsparetime]

Can’t Wait Wednesday (248): Road trip horror + A Middle Grade Moment

Can’t Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Tressa of Wishful Endings. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, which was created by Jill of Breaking the Spine. Old Wounds by Logan-Ashley Kisner Release date: September 12th, 2024 Summary (from goodreads): Erin and Max are two trans kids who are just trying to get to California. Max is desperate to finally be able to transition, and Erin is…

[jumpingjackalope]

The Abject Representation of Trans Bodies in Horror Media.

I took a horror movie class and this was my final project (along with a short film I made spoofing some of these stereotypes in a more inclusive and trans-positive way) and I thought some people might find it interesting! Some of it might be disjointed because I probably elaborated more on the slides while presenting. 

** This is in no way, shape, or form an exhaustive list or in depth analysis at all! I had like a week to do it so do not take it as the end all be all to this topic! This is just a fraction of one persons perspective. Also, while these movies are all problematic in their own ways, I am also not saying I hate these movies! A lot of them are some of my favorite horror movies. You don’t have to discard them, just be mindful of what the media you’re taking in is trying to say!**

A HUGE thank you to Logan Ashley Kisner, I adored his “Timeline of Transgender Horror” analysis and used it as my main source for this (first link in sources). Also, while making this post I found that he did a follow up to that article -- that I didn’t see while making the presentation -- and actually also wrote “The (Transgender) Evil Dead” which I have previously enjoyed as well! His website: http://loganashley.contently.com/

links!! 

Imbedded link in Quotes: https://entropymag.org/glory-of-the-monster-transgender-identity-the-betrayal-of-the-body-and-celebratory-horror/

Imbedded link in Representation: https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1276210382625845248?s=20

Sources!

https://aninjusticemag.com/a-timeline-of-transgender-horror-90d707b71e2d

https://mercurialblonde.wordpress.com/2013/09/04/some-thoughts-about-werewolves-and-gender-identity/

https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-made-twin-peaks-denise-such-a-radical-trans-character-on-tv

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1464700120974896

p.s. kiss a transfemme on the cheek they deserve it, the representation sucks out here for them especially.

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

💖 Sapphic Books Coming Out September 2024

🩷 It's Sapphic September!! There's something especially sweet about a sapphic romance. Here are only a few of the amazing sapphic books hitting shelves in September 2024.

💖 Which ones are you adding to your TBR?

Contemporary 💖 The View from the Top - Rachel Lacey 💖 The Seemingly Impossible Love Life of Amanda Dean - Ann Rose 💖 I'll Get Back to You - Becca Grischow 💖 Back to Belfast - Emma L McGeown 💖 The Lovers - Rebekah Faubion 💖 Perfect - Kris Bryant 💖 Rabbit & Juliet - Rebecca Stafford 💖 Saving Graces - Ruby Landers 💖 All Daughters Are Awesome Everywhere - DeMisty D. Bellinger 💖 Superficial - Diane Billas 💖 Wild Wales - Patricia Evans Cox 💖 The Dating Countdown - N.G. Peltier 💖 Exposure - Nicole Disney & Kimberly Cooper Griffin 💖 Royal Expectations - Jenny Frame 💖 Fire Fall - JD Glass 💖 Love and Sportsball - Meka James

Paranormal/Horror 💖 The Hunter's Gambit - Ciel Pierlot 💖 We Came to Welcome You - Vincent Tirado 💖 Lucy Undying - Kiersten White 💖 How to Survive a Horror Movie - Scarlett Dunmore 💖 To the Bone - Alena Bruzas 💖 The Beauty of Us - Farzana Doctor 💖 Old Wounds - Logan-Ashley Kisner 💖 Touch of Death - Taylor Munsell This World Is Not Yours - Kemi Ashing-Giwa

Fantasy 💖 The Gods Below - Andrea Stewart 💖 Shadow Rider - Gina L. Dartt 💖 A Dark and Drowning Tide - Allison Saft 💖 The Cottage Around the Corner - D.L. Soria 💖 Night Owls - A.R. Vishny 💖 Spells to Forget Us - Aislinn Brophy 💖 This Will Be Fun - E.B. Asher 💖 The Tapestry of Time - Kate Heartfield 💖 Hunt of Her Own - Elena Abbott 💖 Pathways: Chronicles of Tuvana - Elaine Tipping 💖 Faeries Never Lie: Tales to Revel In - Various

Historical 💖 The Duke's Sister and I - Emma-Claire Sunday 💖 The Butcher's Daughter - Corinne Leigh Clark & David Demchuk

Mystery/Thriller 💖 Everything Glittered - Robin Talley 💖 The Breakdown - Ronica Black 💖 Jones - Gerri Hill 💖 Stone Cold Secrets - Nance Newman

Sci-Fi 💖 Countess - Suzan Palumbo 💖 Tribute - L.M. Rose 💖 In the Shadow of the Ship - Aliette de Bodard 💖 Rumor Has It - Cat Rambo

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

💙💜💖 Bi Books Coming Out September 2024

💖💜💙 It's Bisexuality Visibility Month! Here are a few bisexual books coming out in September that would make fabulous additions to your never-ending TBR! Happy reading!

💙 I apologize for any discrepancies. Publishing days are subject to change.

💖 The Seemingly Impossible Love Life of Amanda Dean - Ann Rose 💜 Old Wounds - Logan-Ashley Kisner 💙 The Lovers - Rebekah Faubion

💖 This World Is Not Yours - Kemi Ashing-Giwa 💜 The Gods Below - Andrea Stewart 💙 Old Wounds - Logan-Ashley Kisner

💖 The Hunter's Gambit - Ciel Pierlot 💜 We Will Devour The Night - Camilla Andrew 💙 The Shadowbearer's Curse - Jasmyn Morning

💖 She Slipped Through the Cracks - W. Payne Sillavan 💜 The Age of Larkspur - Aleighsha Parke 💙 At the End of the River Styx - Michelle Kulwicki

💖 Love and Loathing in El Olvido - Sylvia San Sebastian 💜 Pumpkin Spice & Poltergeist - Ali K. Mulford & K. Elle Morrison 💙 The Gods Below - Andrea Stewart

💖 You and I Collide - E. A. M. Trofimenkoff 💜 No One Does It Like You - Katie Shepard 💙 Stuck in the Middle With You - Frances M. Thompson

💖 Imbued - Helyna L. Clove 💜 Spells to Forget Us - Aislinn Brophy 💙 Ménage à Claws - Amelia Lascaux

💖 Hating a Witch - Brigid Hunt 💜 Not The Fainting Kind - Will Soulsby-McCreath 💙 Gravity’s Fire - C.J. Aralore