Brainwyrms

Alison Rumfitt

eBook - 2023

"Smart, seething social horror...Rumfitt gives her worms the grotesque and triumphant glory they demand." —The New York Times Book ReviewFrom Alison Rumfitt, the author of Tell Me I'm Worthless — "a triumph of transgressive queer horror" (Publishers Weekly) — comes Brainwyrms, a searing body horror novel of obsession, violence, and pleasure.A Shirley Jackson Award finalist A Best Book of 2023 (Reactor)"Alison is like the twisted daughter of Clive Barker and Shirley Jackson." —Joe Hill, New York Times bestselling author on Tell Me I'm WorthlessWhen a transphobic woman bombs Frankie's workplace, she blows up Frankie's life with it. As the media descends like vultures, Frankie tries to... cope with the carnage: binge-drinking, sleeping with strangers, pushing away her friends. Then, she meets Vanya. Mysterious, beautiful, terrifying Vanya.The two... more