{"product_id":"herculine","title":"Herculine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(211, 159, 246);\"\u003eThe Grey Area Review:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #d39ff6;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(211, 159, 246);\"\u003e-horror fans, you're gonna love this one! Trans horror is where it's happening\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #d39ff6;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(211, 159, 246);\"\u003e-If Detransition, Baby had demons or if Manhunt had less sexual violence \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #d39ff6;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(211, 159, 246);\"\u003e-excellent sardonic protagonist who leads you through the wild story set in a trans lesbian cult, sorry - commune\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #d39ff6;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(211, 159, 246);\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eCW Transphobia, religious trauma, conversion therapy, sexual assault (please look up your specific triggers)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #d39ff6;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(211, 159, 246);\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eManhunt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003emeets \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e in this blistering horror debut following a young trans woman after she arrives at the all-trans girl commune founded by her toxic ex-girlfriend, only to discover that demons, both literal and figurative, haunt her fellow comrades—and she's their next prey!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHerculine\u003c\/em\u003e’s narrator has demons. Sure, her life includes several hallmarks of the typical trans girl sob story—conversion therapy, a string of shitty low-paying jobs, and even shittier exes—but she also regularly debates sleep paralysis demons that turn to mist soon after she wakes and carries vials of holy oil in her purse. Nothing, though, prepares her for the new malevolent force stalking her through the streets of New York City, more powerful than any she’s ever encountered. Desperate to escape this ancient evil, she flees to rural Indiana, where her ex-girlfriend started an all-trans girl commune in the middle of the woods.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe secluded camp, named after 19th-century intersex memoirist Herculine Barbin, is a scrappy operation, but the shared sense of community among the girls is a welcome balm to the narrator’s growing isolation and paranoia. Still, something isn’t quite right at Herculine. Girls stop talking as soon as she enters the room, everyone seems to share a common secret, and the books lining the walls of the library harbor strange cryptograms. Soon what once looked like an escape becomes a trap all its own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eWhile trying to untangle the commune’s many mysteries, the narrator contends with disemboweled pigs, cultlike psychosexual rituals, and the horrors of communal breakfast. And before long, she discovers that her demons have followed her. And this time, they won’t be letting her go. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grace Byron","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52075997790549,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0870\/0847\/7525\/files\/IMG_0476.heic?v=1765542694","url":"https:\/\/greyareabooks.com\/products\/herculine","provider":"The Grey Area","version":"1.0","type":"link"}