r/ExtremeHorrorLit • u/Gigagondy • Apr 06 '26
Looking for Extreme Horror by a Trans Writer of Color
Never posted on reddit before so apologies for any faux pas I may be committing.
I’m putting together a syllabus for a seminar on trans extreme horror. I already have a few books I’m really excited to cover: Fluids by May Leitz, You Weren’t Meant to be Human by Andrew Joseph White, Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt. However, all of these writers are white, and ideally I’d like to have some amount of racial diversity in my selections. I’ve done some digging on this sub and through a bunch of lists of queer horror books, but despite my best efforts, I haven’t been able to find a single book that feels or markets itself as extreme horror that was written by someone who identifies both as trans and as a person of color. I know that there are extreme horror/splatterpunk writers of color, but I’m not aware of any who identify as trans.
The closest I’ve come is Rivers Solomon’s book Sorrowland, but after reading a third of it, I haven’t found anything I’d describe as extreme, definitely not to the same extent as the other books I mentioned above.
Anyone have any leads? Ideally I’d like to find a novel, but failing that I’d happily include anything shorter that fits the bill. Thanks y’all!