Bound In Flesh

Chum Lor Gislason is editing the new anthology Bound In Flesh from Ghoulish Books and I have the great honor of sharing a new story in it. It’s called “A Scream Lights Up The Sky.” I was working with some feelings about pregnancy as a trans person while writing it. I hope it hits home for a few other folks. Lor is known for their goopy body horror, so I tried to bring my stickiest, sloppiest, fluid-soaked A game to the task of writing for them.

Here’s the exciting cover reveal at The Line Up! I think the scissors really make it for me. It’s all so pink and slimy. Check it out: https://the-line-up.com/bound-in-flesh-cover-reveal

It’s a great table of contents. I couldn’t be prouder to be among the ranks of such talented known and new trans writers. I don’t want to make a career out of my identity and I don’t think you need to be trans to enjoy my work, but it’s good to be out and open in a world where this book can happen, where trans voices can speak loudly and be heard.

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Published by: Joe

Joe Koch writes literary horror and surrealist trash. Their books include The Wingspan of Severed Hands, Invaginies, Convulsive, and The Couvade, which received a Shirley Jackson Award nomination in 2019. His short work appears in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Southwest Review, Nightmare Magazine, Vastarien, The Mad Butterfly's Ball, and many others. Find Joe (he/they) online at horrorsong.blog.

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