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Bound in Flesh
An Anthology of Trans Body Horror
2023
First Published
4.18
Average Rating
220
Number of Pages

BOUND IN FLESH: An Anthology of Trans Body Horror brings together 13 trans and non-binary writers, using horror to both explore the darkest depths of the genre and the boundaries of flesh. A disgusting good time for all! Featuring stories by Hailey Piper, Joe Koch, Bitter Karella, and others. Edited by Lor Gislason. TABLE OF CONTENTS “Wormspace” by L.C. von Hessen “The Haunting of Aiden Finch” by Theo Hendrie “Coming Out” by Derek Des Agnes “Mama is a Butcher” by Winter Holmes “Fall Apart” by gaast “Lady Davelina’s Last Pet” by Charles-Elizabeth Boyle “In The Garden of Horn, The Naked Magic Thrives” by Hailey Piper “A Scream Lights Up The Sky” by Joe Koch “Long Fingers” by Layne Van Rensburg “A Brief History of The Santa Carcossa Archipelago” by Bitter Karella “Show Me” by Amanda M. Blake “Man of The House” by Lillian Boyd “Looking for the Big Death” by Taliesin Neith

Avg Rating
4.18
Number of Ratings
246
5 STARS
42%
4 STARS
41%
3 STARS
12%
2 STARS
3%
1 STARS
2%
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Authors

Hailey Piper
Hailey Piper
Author · 35 books

Hailey Piper is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Queen of Teeth, No Gods for Drowning, The Worm and His Kings series, Your Mind Is a Terrible Thing, Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy, Benny Rose, the Cannibal King, and The Possession of Natalie Glasgow. She is an active member of the Horror Writers Association, with articles and short fiction appearing in Tor Nightfire, CrimeReads, Library Journal, Pseudopod, Cast of Wonders, Vastarien, Cosmic Horror Monthly, and various other publications. She lives with her wife in Maryland, where their occult rituals are secret. Find her on Twitter via @HaileyPiperSays or at www.haileypiper.com.

Joe Koch
Joe Koch
Author · 12 books
Joe Koch writes literary horror and surrealist trash. Their books include THE WINGSPAN OF SEVERED HANDS, CONVULSIVE, INVAGINIES, and THE COUVADE, which received a Shirley Jackson Award nomination in 2019. His short fiction appears in numerous publications such as Vastarien, Southwest Review, PseudoPod, Children of the New Flesh, and The Book of Queer Saints. Joe also co-edited the art horror anthology STORIES OF THE EYE. He/They. Find Joe online at horrorsong.blog and on Twitter @horrorsong.
Amanda M. Blake
Author · 6 books

Amanda M. Blake is a cat-loving daydreamer who enjoys geekery of all sorts, from superheroes to horror movies, urban fantasy to unconventional romance. Born and raised in Texas, Blake attended Trinity University in San Antonio and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English. Amid dipping tentacles into the sea of gothic and horror short stories and poetry, Blake is also the author of horror novels Question Not My Salt and Deep Down and the fairy tale mash-up Thorns series.

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