#gretchen andrew

[its-a-goddamn-ass-race]

We are getting not just ONE

But TWO trans dystopian horror novel adaptations helmed by Lilly Wachowski!!!!

It truly is a great time to be alive!

[lgbtqreads]

Fave Five: Horror with Trans and/or Nonbinary MCs

The Honeys by Ryan La Sala (Genderfluid, YA) The Sacrifice by Rin Chupeco (YA) Hell Followed With Us and The Spirit Bares its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White (YA) Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin  Tell Me I’m Worthless and Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt, by Alison Rumfitt Bonus; Coming in 2024: Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin and The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo Double Bonus: These are all…

[thiscomicruinedmylife]

Zombillenium 5. Black Friday by Arthur de Pins

[figureskatingcostumes]

Gretchen Donlan and Andrew Speroff performing in the closing gala of the 2012 US Championships.

(Source: Absolute Skating)

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[librarycards]

Mid Year Book Freakout Tag

I got tagged by my transMad reading-comrade @podcastlesbian <33

1. Number of books you've read so far

123

2. Best book you've read so far in 2025

novel - The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden

stories - Stag Dance by Torrey Peters

poetry - Girl Work by Zefyr Lisowski

nf - One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad

academic - Carceral Capitalism by Jackie Wang

3. Best sequel you've read so far in 2025

Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao. orders of magnitude better than the first book in the series!

4. New release you haven't read yet but want to

ASL by Jeanne Thornton! It's the next book I'm going to sit down and force myself to stop dilly-dallying on. ++ Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman, as I have an ARC and now it's actually published but I still haven't read it. story of my life.

5. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year

Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin and Hot Girls with Balls by Benedict Nguyễn!!

6. Biggest surprise favorite author

Sung-il Kim, author of Blood of the Old Kings, and Anton Hur, who translated it from the Korean, impressed me so much. I so rarely like second-world fantasy, but they both nailed the storytelling, cadence, everything.

Also, Hazel Jane Plante! I read Any Other City this year after being recommended her work by a number of people. I didn't think I'd fall quite so hard in love with her prose.

7. Newest fictional crush

N/A, I don't really do fictional crushes <- same, Sam!!

8. Book that made you cry

I don't generally cry at books. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This came close.

9. Most beautiful book you've bought or received this year

The most beautiful one I've both bought and read this year so far is the anthology The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF, which was pretty hit/miss as most anthologies are, but the design was 11/10.

10. Book that made you happy

Hahaha, so i seldom read 'happy' books per se, but Tori Amos Bootleg Webring by Megan Milks (about exactly what it says on the tin) and Phoebe's Diary by Phoebe Wahl both delighted and compelled me toward a nostalgic 90s childhood I actually wasn't alive for!

11. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?

this is a mix of friend books, ARCs/publicity copies, and general priorities

ASL by Jeanne Thornton

Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman

Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White

Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders

Songs of No Provenance by Lydi Conklin

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar (I knooooooowwwww i'm so bad at this!!!)

Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R Delany (buddy reading this with my friend asap)

My Lesbian Novel by Renee Gladman

there are so many more but i'm going to stop there to preserve whatever remaining vestiges of my """""sanity"""""" may at least sometimes occupy my brain lmao

i tag - @aldieb @fluoresensitives @sawasawako @lormaggot @capricornpropaganda @lesbianlizzybennet @punkkwix @campgender @heavenlyyshecomes @oaluz @fatehbaz and anyone who wants to!!!! please do it and tag me, i want to see!

[queerliblib]

New audiobooks but make it creepy!! Happy October, y’all! We hope you’re in the mood for queer horror, because we sure are.

books featured:

Bad Cree, by Jessica Johns

Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt

Bloom, by Delilah Dawson

Compound Fracture, by Andrew Joseph White

A Dowry of Blood, by S.T. Gibson

What Moves the Dead, by T. Kingfisher

Vampires Never Get Old, edited by Zoraida Cordova & Natalie C. Parker

Godslayers, by Zoe Hana Mikuta

Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin

Dead Collections, by Isaac Fellman

The Salt Grows Heavy, by Cassandra Khaw

[tara-the-star]

anyways a semi-comprehensible list of the monsters as mean girls that i made yesterday at 4am

neil- cady (maths/new girl) andrew- janice (emo af) nicky- damien aaron- gretchen??? WE SHOULD ALL JUST. KILL CEASER. kevin- regina (queen??)

[mavrustheunskooled]

books to read if you like Kristen Applebees

or: books to read if you are gay and have religious trauma

(courtesy of @chungledownresponsibly’s encouragement)

note: these books are often heavy! books about queerness and religion often are! I’ve organized this post roughly from lightest to heaviest, with a short addendum at the end for non-queer books that I still recommend if the topic interests you :) I really respect and love every title on this list and I hope you do too!

- Say a Little Prayer by Jenna Voris: a young adult novel about a young woman who is sent to a Christian camp over spring break as penance for punching the girl who was bullying her sister for having an abortion. relevant themes of cult leader-like pastors, the struggles of deprogramming even when you think you’ve escaped, girl kissing

- Kiss Number 8 by Colleen AF Venable: a young adult graphic novel about Catholic guilt, hidden queerness, and going to baseball games. relevant themes of religious homophobia

- The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M Danforth: a young adult queer coming-of-age story. relevant themes of religious homophobia

- Forget Me Not by Alyson Derrick: a young adult novel about two young women who plan to run away from their tiny conservative town together, only for one of them to get into an accident that causes her to forget their entire relationship— and all of the growth she’s done to accept her sexuality. relevant themes of being queer and surrounded by conservatives

- Deposing Nathan by Zack Smedley: a young adult novel about two young men dealing with internalized homophobia in a deeply Christian town. this book is insanely good. relevant themes of homophobia and religious trauma

- Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White: a young adult horror novel about a trans boy who is the unwilling harbinger of the apocalypse for a doomsday cult. you see why this is relevant

- Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin: a horror novel set in a conversion therapy camp. relevant themes of religious homophobia.

- Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H: not Christian so not entirely relevant to this post but still worth a read. this memoir weaves together religion and queerness in a way that I think should be required reading

- Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon: a young person on the run from a cult must raise her twin children in the woods by herself while also dealing with her supernaturally changing body. relevant themes of escaping a cult and queerness. also very much about racism in America

not about queerness but worth a read

- Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison: adult horror novel about a woman returning to the cult where she grew up. relevant themes of cults and family

- Forager by Michelle Dowd: a memoir about growing up in a doomsday cult. relevant themes of cults, family, and deprogramming

- Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez: in particular season 1 of FH gets into that masculine tough guy Christianity, and this book looks at where that outlook came from

because I’m an indie bookseller I have to say: shop local! if you go to indiebound.org and put in your zip code, you can find your nearest indie bookstore! for audiobooks, you can go to libro.fm and link your account to your local indie bookstore, and for digital books, go to kobo!

[goryhorroor]

Hi! No idea of this is your wheelhouse at all, but do you have any recs for horror novels? In particular more modern books. Not sure if this is your thing at all so no worries if the answer is no, just curious! Have a lovely day!!

sure! these are some of my favorites

Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

Whisper by Chang Yu-ko, but you can find the translation by Roddy Flagg

Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez, translation by Megan McDowell

Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

The Hole by Pyun Hye-Young, translation by Sora Kim-Russell

You've Lost a Lot of Blood by Eric LaRocca

My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

Orpheus Builds a Girl by Heather Parry

The Shadow of Book of Ji Yun, translated by Yi Izzy Yu & John Yu Branscum

Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur

Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin

The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig

A Good House for Children by Kate Collins

Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell

The Grip of It by Jac Jemc

The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

Through the Woods by Emily Carroll

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

The Gingerbread Men by Joanna Corrance

Sisters by Daisy Johnson

The Lonely by Andrew Michael Hurley

Served by Scott Snyder, Scott Tuft & Attila Futaki

The Lost Ones by Anita Frank

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand

From Below by Darcy Coates

The Fisherman by John Langen

[armandyke]

Would love to hear about the books u read in 2024, surprise bests, biggest disappointments?

I think I will do a multi part post over the coming weeks with reviews of all the books I read since I have about half of them written up already. For now I'll just say my two absolute favourite reads of the year were Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock and Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova. Two very different books but both of them permanently altered my brain chemistry.

Below are my ratings for all the books I read and as I say, I'll try to post more in depth reviews over the next few weeks. My aim this year is to try and do proper reviews of the books I read as I'm reading them instead of having to go back several months later lmao.

Oh, and because it's something I'm always looking for specific recs for, I've highlighted the books with queer rep (that I remember) in pink, and the extreme horrors/books I advise checking trigger warnings for are marked with a lil skull.

1) Gone to see the River Man by Kristopher Triana (4⭐) 💀

2) Skeleton Crew by Stephen King (4⭐)

3) The Butcher by Laura Kat Young (5⭐)

4) The Hollow Places by T.Kingfisher (5⭐)

5) Salem’s Lot by Stephen King (4.5⭐)

6) The Shuddering by Ania Ahiborn (3.5⭐)

7) Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (5⭐)

8) Nothing but Blackened Teeth by Cassandraw Khaw (3.5⭐)

9) Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z Brite (4⭐) 💀

10) Good Girls Don’t Die by Christina Henry (1⭐)

11) The Devil Makes Three by Tori Bovalino (3.5⭐)

12) Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley (4⭐)

13) The Dead of Winter curated by Cecily Grayford (3⭐)

14) Off Season by Jack Ketchum (3⭐) 💀

15) Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt (3.5⭐) 💀

16) Dead Inside by Chandler Morrison (4⭐) 💀

17) The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum (5⭐) 💀

18) Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (4⭐)

19) Caraval by Stephanie Garber (2⭐)

20) The Grip of It by Jac Jemc (4⭐)

21) Thirteen Storeys by Jonathan Sims (5⭐)

22) Nod by Adrian Barnes (4⭐)

23) How to sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix (5⭐)

24) Among the Living by Tim Lebbon (2⭐)

25) 19 Claws and a Black Bird by Augustina Bazterrica (3⭐)

26) House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson (4.5⭐)

27) Song of Kali by Dan Simmons (DNF)

28) The Way of All Flesh by Ambrose Perry (DNF)

29) A House with Good Bones by T.Kingfisher (5⭐)

30) A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock (5⭐)

31) Cujo by Stephen King (5⭐)

32) The Dark Net by Benjamin Percy (3.5⭐)

33) The Dinner Guest by B P Walter (4.5⭐)

34) The Cloisters by Katy Hays (1⭐)

35) Diavola by Jennifer Thorne (5⭐)

36) Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (4.5⭐)

37) Nettle and Bone by T.Kingfisher (3.5⭐)

38) The Hatching (3.5⭐) Skitter (1⭐) and Zero Day (1⭐) by Ezekiel Boone

39) Come Closer by Sara Gran (4⭐)

40) Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison (5⭐)

41) The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (DNF)

42) Wranglestone by Darren Charlton (3.5⭐)

43) Piñata by Leopoldo Gout (4⭐)

44) Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca (1⭐) 💀

45) Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle (5⭐)

46) The Vampire Armand by Anne Rice (I didn't rate this because this was less like reading a book and more like studying for an exam)

47) The Ghost Woods by C.J Cooke (4.5⭐)

48) Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (3.5⭐)

49) Too Late by Colleen Hoover (DNF)

50) Alice by Christina Henry (1⭐)

51) The House of a Hundred Whispers by Graham Masterton (3.5⭐)

52) All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes (4.5⭐)

53) Violent Faculties by Charlene Elsby (4⭐) 💀

54) Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin (3.5⭐) 💀

55) Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison (4.5⭐)

56) My Throat an Open Grave by Tori Bovalino (3.5⭐)

57) Bloom by Delilah S Dawson (4⭐)

58) Bored Gay Werewolf by Tony Santorella (DNF)

59) Out There Screaming curated by Jordan Peele (3.5⭐)

60) The Watchers by A.M Shine (4⭐)

61) Whalefall by Daniel Kraus (4.5⭐)

62) My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham (3.5⭐)

63) Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix (4.5⭐)

64) Incarcerat by Garth Marenghi (4⭐)

65) Feast While You Can by Onjuly Datta and Mikaella Clements (5⭐)

66) The Whistling by Rebecca Netley (4⭐)

67) Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield (4⭐)

68) Scuttle by Barnaby Walter (DNF)

69) Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova (5⭐)

70) Revival by Stephen King (4⭐)

71) Blight by Tom Carlisle (3.5⭐)

72) The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw (5⭐)

[lgbtqreads]

Hi, I recently read Alison Rumfitt's book Tell me I'm Worthless and I loved it so I requested her other book brainwyrms from my local library. But i was wondering if there are any other trans or lesbian horror books.

Sure are! If you like her stuff, check out Gretchen Felker-Martin's as well - Manhunt and Cuckoo, and there's also The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo - trans horror but with a male protag (and historical). A little further away, Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White and Old Wounds by Logan Kisner are YA trans horror. And in lesbian, check out My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna Van Veen, The Wicked and the Willing by Lianyu Tan, We Ate the Dark by Mallory Pearson, Yellow Jessamine by Caitlin Starling, and Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield.

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[plurpleguy]

ok no hmu.

Regina George -> Evil Rob

Karen -> Evil Joe

Gretchen -> Evil Zubin

Cady -> Andrew

Janis -> Zubin

Damion -> Bora

Awesome sauce

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

Read in November 2024

I do not know how I managed to read 25 books in November? I feel like i was too busy for that? yet here we are

my favourites were the Monk & Robot duology by Becky Chambers, Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White, Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin and We Can Be Heroes by Kyrie McCauley :3

Series read: Archie & Gretchen series by Chelsea Cain

Heart Sick - 3/5 (audio)

Sweetheart - 4/5 (audio)

Evil at Heart - 3/5 (audio)

Monk & Robot by Becky Chambers

A Psalm for the Wild-Built - 5/5 (audio)

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy - 4/5 (audio)

Belladonna trilogy by Adalyn Grace

Belladonna - DNF

Graves Glen trilogy by Erin Sterling

The Wedding Witch - 5/5 (audio)

Backlog books:

Breaker by Kat Ellis - DNF

Briar Girls by Rebecca Kim Wells - DNF

Familiar authors:

Don’t Let the Forest In by CG Drews - 4/5

Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin - 5/5 (audio)

My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix - 4/5 (audio)

Swordheart by T Kingfisher - 3/5 (audio)

A House With Good Bones by T Kingfisher - 5/5 (audio)

We Can Be Heroes by Kyrie McCauley - 5/5

All the Dead Lie Down by Kyrie McCauley - 4/5

Bad Graces by Kyrie McCauley - 2/5

The Pairing by Casey McQuiston - 5/5 (audio)

Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White - 5/5 (audio)

Other reads:

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield - 4/5 (audio)

The Patient by Jasper DeWitt - 2/5

And Then I Woke Up by Malcolm Devlin - 3/5

Bitterthorn by Kat Dunn - 3/5

The Wilderness of Girls by Madeline Claire Franklin - 5/5 (audio)

We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer - 3/5 (audio)

That’s Not My Name by Megan Lally - 4/5 (audio)

The Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin - unrated (audio)

README.txt by Chelsea Manning - 4/5 (audio)

[librarycards]

Body After Body by Briar Ripley Page for the ask game & recs for weird speculative trans lit would be cool.

added to TBR | on my TBR | couldn’t finish it | did not enjoy | it was OK [alas, i did not like it very much, but rivers is still an excellent writer] | liked it | loved it [link to my review] | favorite | not interested

sad to say that this is one of Briar's that I haven't read yet, despite it being on my tbr for AGES!!! *sobs*

some trans weirdness for you:

Porpentine, Low Kill Shelter

Eve Harms, Transmuted

Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland

Davey Davis, X.

Gretchen Felker-Martin, Dreadnaught (MY ALL TIME FAV GFM WORK)

Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares its Teeth

Megan Milks, Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body

i also recommend everything else these people have ever written and will ever write, amen.