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Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity
The full table of contents for Amplitudes has been announced over at Reactor! Thanks so much to everyone who entrusted us with their work, and I can't wait for everyone to read this anthology in 2025. Without further ado, here they are:
1. The Republic of Ecstatic Consent by Sam J. Miller
2. Trans World Takeover by Nat X Ray
3. The Orgasm Doula by Colin Dean
4. The Shabbos Bride by Esther Alter
5. MoonWife by Sarah Gailey
6. Forever Won’t End Like This by Dominique Dickey
7. They Will Give Us a Home by Wen-yi Lee
8. There Used to Be Peace by Margaret Killjoy
9. Fettle & Sunder by Ramez Yoakeim
10. Six Days by Bendi Barrett
11. The They Whom We Rememberby Sunny Moraine
12. When the Devil Comes From Babylonby Maya Deane
13. Copper Boys by Jamie McGhee
14. A Few Degrees by Ash Huang
15. Where the World Goes Sharp and Quietby Ewen Ma
16. Circular Universe by Ta-wei Chi, trans. Ariel Chu
17. Blueprint for the Destruction of Solitude by Paul Evanby
18. The Garden of Collective Memoryby Neon Yang
19. Sugar, Shadows by Aysha U. Farah
20. A Step into Emptinessby Aiki Mira, trans. CD Covington
21. pocket futures in the present past by Katharine Duckett
22. Bang Bang by Meg Elison
Announcing Novella, 'The Woods All Black'
The Woods All Black is equal parts historical horror, trans romance, and blood-soaked revenge, all set in 1920s Appalachia.
Leslie Bruin is assigned to the backwoods township of Spar Creek by the Frontier Nursing Service, under its usual mandate: vaccinate the flock, birth babies, and weather the judgements of churchy locals who look at him and see a failed woman. Forged in the fires of the Western Front and reborn in the cafes of Paris, Leslie believes he can handle whatever is thrown at him—but Spar Creek holds a darkness beyond his nightmares.
Something ugly festers within the local congregation, and its malice has focused on a young person they insist is an unruly tomboy who must be brought to heel. Violence is bubbling when Leslie arrives, ready to spill over, and he'll have to act fast if he intends to be of use. But the hills enfolding Spar Creek have a mind of their own, and the woods are haunted in ways Leslie does not understand.
The Woods All Black is a story of passion, prejudice, and power — an Appalachian period piece that explores reproductive justice and bodily autonomy, the terrors of small-town religiosity, and the necessity of fighting tooth and claw to live as who you truly are.
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