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transbookoftheday · 6 months

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Trans Horror Books

Looking for some trans horror books to read for Halloween? Here you go:

Book titles:

Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

The Ojja-Wojja by Magdalene Visaggio and Jenn St-Onge

Let Me Out by Emmett Nahil and George Williams

The Honeys by Ryan La Sala

Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp

Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt

All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes

Bound In Flesh by Lor Gislason

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inclusivefuture · 9 months

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Queer book recs from IFM's editors

Mantha's Rec(s)

Lynn Flewelling's Nightrunner Series and Tamír Triad

Any chance Mantha gets they recommend Lynn Flewelling's Nightrunner Series and Tamír Triad. Both set in the same world but in two different eras, these fantasy series have become so dear to them over the years.

The Nightrunner books are part fantasy, part political intrigue, part murder mystery, all while exploring themes of belonging and identity. And while they don't have genders outside the binary, the two main characters are bi, cis men (with a little gender-nonconformity in there, too.)

The Tamír Triad tells the coming of age story of a trans girl at court in the midst of political upheaval: think Knights of the Round Table but King Arthur is trans.

Flewelling's writing is impeccable. She has a gift for character, detail, and setting that creates immersive worlds. Though not recent publications - the first book came out in 1996 - they were the first books Mantha read that showed them that the sky was truly the limit in fantasy writing.

Lydia's Rec

All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes

Not for the faint of heart, All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes is a historical thriller in which a trans man stows away on an expedition ship bound for the Antarctic from England.

Set just after WWII, the stakes are quickly raised when the ship - the only way the expedition is getting home - is destroyed just shy of their destination. Missing most of the crew and nearly all their supplies, the few remaining members of the expedition must find a way to survive the winter in Antarctica.

Stumbling across a German expedition's camp seems like a stroke of good luck - but where did the Germans go (and would they even believe the war was over?), and what lurks in the darkness just outside of the lamp light?

Sione's Rec

Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata

If you're a short story reader who loves weird, slightly dark speculative fiction (think George Saunders, Miranda July, Alexander Weinstein, Carmen Maria Machado), Sione highly recommends Sayaka Murata's book of short stories, Life Ceremony, which came out in paperback in May.

While the stories don't contain genders outside the binary, there is gay rep, asexual and aromantic spectrum rep, and neurodiversity rep.

But what really gets zir excied about this book are the themes! This is basically an entire short story collection about what's normal, who decides, and how changeable our social norms and taboos are, which opens a window into a future with many queer and neurodivergent possibilities. Ze hasn't been this excited about a new book in a very long time.

Originally published in our newsletter on July 31st, 2023.

#inclusivefuture #magazine #nightrunner series #nightrunner #lynn flewelling #tamír triad #tamir triad #all the white spaces #ally wilkes #life ceremony #sayaka murata #book recs #book recommendations #queer books #queer lit #queer book recs

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lgbtqreads · 6 months

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Fave Five: Trans Historical Fiction

The Companion by EE Ottoman Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall Bonus: These are all Adult, but in YA, check out The Spirit Bares its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White Double Bonus: Coming in 2024, The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo

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#A Lady for a Duke #Alexis Hall #All the White Spaces #Ally Wilkes #Andrew Joseph White #Confessions of the Fox #EE Ottoman #Jordy Rosenberg #Lee Mandelo #Maya Deane #The Companion #The Spirit Bares its Teeth #The Woods All Black #Wrath Goddess Sing

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swordsonnet · 8 days

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thank you ally wilkes for writing absolute bangers of queer polar horror books, i owe you my life

#i finished where the dead wait today and holy shit what a novel #i think i liked it even more than all the white spaces. and that's saying something #the fact that it only has 3.3 stars on goodreads once again proves that goodreads users have no taste #all the white spaces #where the dead wait #ally wilkes

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aliengh0st · 11 months

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The Terror fans! Keep your eyes peeled come December 5th for this book!

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An eerie, atmospheric Polar Gothic following a Victorian explorer in search of his lost shipmate and his own redemption—from the author of the “vivid, immersive” (The Guardian) horror novel All the White Spaces.

William Day should be an acclaimed Arctic explorer. But after a failed expedition, in which his remaining men only survived by eating their dead comrades, he returned in disgrace.

Thirteen years later, his second-in-command, Jesse Stevens, has gone missing in the same frozen waters. Perhaps this is Day’s chance to restore his tarnished reputation by bringing Stevens—the man who’s haunted his whole life—back home. But when the rescue mission becomes an uncanny journey into his past, Day must face up to the things he’s done.

Abandonment. Betrayal. Cannibalism.

Aboard ship, Day must also contend with unwanted passengers: a reporter obsessively digging up the truth about the first expedition, as well as Stevens’s wife, a spirit-medium whose séances both fascinate and frighten. Following a trail of cryptic messages, gaunt bodies, and old bones, their search becomes more and more unnerving, as it becomes clear that the restless dead are never far behind. Something is coming through.

#the terror #amc the terror #where the dead wait #ally wilkes #book recs #i greatly enjoyed this book #and there were many direct references to the terror expedition!

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buniyaad · 1 year

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everybody in All the White Spaces gettin they ass beat. by god, by ww1, by nature, hubris, snow, crevasses in the earth, closeted sexuality and gender identity, ghosts of family members who died in ww1, ghosts of lovers, mutiny, lack of food and showers, THE WIND, like nobody’s winning this one. everyone finna die 😭

#all the white spaces #ally wilkes #real talk #book hoe

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castinglotspod · 1 year

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What draws us to narratives of survival cannibalism? We're joined by Ally Wilkes, author of All the White Spaces, and Linnea Hartsuyker, author of The Half-Drowned King trilogy, to find out.

Full transcript available here.

Find our merch here.

#castinglotspod #casting lots podcast #history #books #book podcast #literature #historical fiction #authors #ally wilkes #linnea hartsuyker #survival cannibalism #Spotify

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companionnpc · 2 years

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She meant the bloom of a flower unfurling, but it made me think of mould creeping over old bread

-- Ally Wilkes, All The White Spaces

#all the white spaces #ally wilkes #trans #trans puberty

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saturn-sunshines · 1 month

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Apparently survival horror is a genre that I like. Thank you ally wilkes I love you

#ally wilkes #books

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ladzwriting · 7 months

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HALLOW-READS 2022: 31 Book Recommendations for the 31 Days of October

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transbookoftheday · 11 months

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All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes

Something deadly and mysterious stalks the members of an isolated polar expedition in this haunting and spellbinding historical horror novel, perfect for fans of Dan Simmons’ The Terror and Alma Katsu’s The Hunger.

In the wake of the First World War, Jonathan Morgan stows away on an Antarctic expedition, determined to find his rightful place in the world of men. Aboard the expeditionary ship of his hero, the world-famous explorer James “Australis” Randall, Jonathan may live as his true self—and true gender—and have the adventures he has always been denied. But not all is smooth sailing: the war casts its long shadow over them all, and grief, guilt, and mistrust skulk among the explorers.

When disaster strikes in Antarctica’s frozen Weddell Sea, the men must take to the land and overwinter somewhere which immediately seems both eerie and wrong; a place not marked on any of their part-drawn mapsof the vast white continent. Now completely isolated, Randall’s expedition has no ability to contact the outside world. And no one is coming to rescue them.

In the freezing darkness of the Polar night, where the aurora creeps across the sky, something terrible has been waiting to lure them out into its deadly landscape…

As the harsh Antarctic winter descends, this supernatural force will prey on their deepest desires and deepest fears to pick them off one by one. It is up to Jonathan to overcome his own ghosts before he and the expedition are utterly destroyed.

#all the white spaces #ally wilkes #transmasc #trans book of the day #trans books #queer books #bookblr #booklr

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piduai · 8 months

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Who’s the biggest misogynist king in gk

ogata for sure, big advocate for women going back to the kitchen and reversing the vote. he's an incel by practice but not even out of bitterness that nobody will fuck him (he finds women sexually repulsive himself) he just hates women

#anon #everyone else is a woman respecter btw he's the only misogyny warrior #ok tsurumi is also a trad and would never allow his wife/daughters to work or be unfeminine but it's a different can of worms #wilk thinks that women shouldn't do xyz because it's unbecoming of them but it does not apply to his daughter bc he decided so #kiroranke is a leftist bro he says that women deserve equal rights hashtag ally but still expects his wife to do all the chores

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swordsonnet · 7 months

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favourite genre: a guy called jonathan going through the horrors

#yes this is about jonathan sims and jonathan harker but also jonathan morgan from #all the white spaces #by ally wilkes #which is a criminally underrated book #tma #the magnus archives #dracula #dracula daily

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sheegons · 10 months

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ppl still thinking jon is damians first and only friend let's go down the list of friends he made before jon (not counting pets or batfam members)

Ravi:

Damians first revealed canonical friend

used to be an art teacher at the league, currently a good ally that helps and guides damian due to becoming blind.

basically his own alfred before he met alfred

Colin wilkes/Abuse (hero name)!

Damians first gotham friend (again, not counting batfam members)

Him and damian were forced to join a child fighting ring and kicked everybodys ass

gave him a motorcycle that was named "the cycle of abuse"

went on a little adventure looking for his mother during lil gotham but failed and damian settled for just giving him flowers.

Rose wilson!

commonly thought to only be friends with during the lazarus tournament but they actually met during her teen titans era when Damian was 10

only person in the teen titans that damian really hit it off with, they both enjoyed each others presence.

Mia "Maps" Mizoguchi/Robin (kinda)

Big Batman fan that dresses up like Robin and really wants the title

went on a tiny adventure that got Damian expelled from the academy he was attending

he set her up on a scavenger hunt once randomly since she's a big batman fan

saved her from two-face and taught her how to use a weapon

Maya ducard/Nobody!

The reason Damian met Jon in the first place

adopted damian as her brother when he was lonely and distancing herself from others

I'd tell yall all her adventures with damian but there's a lottttt I'd rather y'all go read robin: son of batman (#1-#13) to see his adventures with her

Suren Darga!

young magician that befriended damian

got used as a weapon by his parents so him n damian kinda bonded over that

him, damian, maya and goliath saved the world

revived damian after dying (the second time)

shows up at the end of robin son of batman

#damian wayne #batman #batfam #batfamily #dc comics #bat family #batman comics #damian al ghul #dc robin #robin damian #damian robin #dc #dc community #supersons #super sons #i swear i love supersons but please don't ignore damians mostly poc friend group for some white kid i beg

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alasarys · 6 months

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Recommended books for the drivers from BookPeople, Austin, Texas (insta)

Daniel Ricciardo: Friday Night Lights – "... every Friday night from September to December, when the Permian High School Panthers play football, this West Texas town becomes a place where dreams can come true."

Lando Norris: Assassin's Apprentice – "Fitz ... must give up his old ways and embrace a new life of weaponry, scribing, courtly manners; and how to kill a man secretly, as he trains to become a royal assassin."

Alex Albon: My Brilliant Friend – "... a rich, intense and generous-hearted story about two friends ... a touching meditation on the nature of friendship."

Logan Sargeant: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – "hilarious, delicious, and brutal"

Yuki Tsunoda: A Cook's Tour – "the unpredictable adventures of America's boldest and bravest chef."

Carlos Sainz: Great American Golf Stories – "some of the best classic writings, both fact and realistic fiction, that reflect the rich history, tradition, agony, and ecstasy of one of our most enduring and endearing pastimes."

Oscar Piastri: Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting – "It turns out that talking to strangers can teach you about the world around you--and even more about yourself."

Lance Stroll: Infinite Jest – "Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives; about how our desire for entertainment affects our need to connect with other people; and about what the pleasures we choose say about who we are."

Charles Leclerc: Every Good Boy Does Fine – "[Denk] reminds us that we must never stop asking questions about music and its purposes: consolation, an armor against disillusionment, pure pleasure, a diversion, a refuge, and a vehicle for empathy."

Lewis Hamilton: The Boy with a Bird in his Chest – "A heartbreaking yet hopeful novel about the things that make us unique and lovable, The Boy with a Bird in His Chest grapples with the fear, depression, and feelings of isolation that come with believing that we will never be loved, let alone accepted, for who we truly are, and learning to live fully and openly regardless."

Max Verstappen: Atomic Habits – "Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits--whether you are a team looking to win a championship ..."

Zhou Guanyu: A Visible Man – "When Edward Enninful became the first Black editor-in-chief of British Vogue, few in the world of fashion wanted to confront how it failed to represent the world we live in. But Edward, a champion of inclusion throughout his life, rapidly changed that."

Pierre Gasly: Misery – "He's a bestselling novelist who has finally met his biggest fan. Her name is Annie Wilkes and she is more than a rabid reader – she is Paul's nurse, tending his shattered body after an automobile accident. But she is also his captor, keeping him prisoner in her isolated house."

Valtteri Bottas: Foundryside – "To have a chance at surviving ... Sancia will have to marshal unlikely allies ... and undergo her own transformation ..."

Fernando Alonso: The House of the Spirits – "an enthralling saga that spans decades and lives, twining the personal and the political into an epic novel of love, magic, and fate."

Kevin Magnussen: The Daily Dad – "366 Meditations on Parenting, Love, and Raising Great Kids"

Sergio Perez: Bad Feminist – "an inspiring call-to-arms of all the ways we still need to do better"

Building on the excellent work by @vegasgrandprix and @kritischetheologie

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cemeterything · 9 months

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What’s on your “to read” list right now? I always love to hear about what you’re getting into, I think it’s very nice the way you pursue knowledge

Perdido Street Station by China Miéville (currently rereading), All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes, The Outside by Ada Hoffman, Nightmare Fuel: The Science of Horror Movies by Nina Nesseth, Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag, Crime and Punishment, Moby Dick, The Pornography of Death by Geoffrey Gorer, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead ^_^

#im considering studying lovecraft too because ive only read parts of his work #and while the man was a huge bigot its undeniable his work was influential #and i possess critical thinking skills lol

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