At age twelve, she was head detective of the mystery club Girls Can Solve Anything. "Queer dynamite." -Kristen Arnett, author of Mostly Dead Things "A delightfully weird and very queer reimagining of 90s YA nostalgia." -Autostraddle Meg Elison, author of The Book of the Unnamed Midwife. "Prepare to take a bite that will stain your jaws red. Listen to it." -Gabino Iglesias, author of Coyote Songs "Timely and necessary, this is extreme horror that says something. Robbie lives by his gun and one hard-learned motto: other people aren't safe.Īfter a brutal accident entwines the three of them, this found family of survivors must navigate murderous TERFs, a sociopathic billionaire bunker brat, and awkward relationship dynamics-all while outrunning packs of feral men, and their own demons. Publishers Weeīeth and Fran spend their days traveling the ravaged New England coast, hunting feral men and harvesting their organs in a gruesome effort to ensure they'll never face the same fate. Lum’s relatives don’t want to sell, and they’re not alone.Īs tensions over the highway escalate toward violence, and as loyalties are tested, Lum takes a bold step to create an independent life."A modern horror masterpiece." -Carmen Maria Machado, bestselling author of In the Dream House"Keeps up a relentless velocity while just being plain fun as hell." -Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, BabyFelker-Martin's horror chops are top-notch. At the same time, the federal highway administration comes scouting land, wanting to buy the family farm for a new scenic highway. Sent to assist, she forms an unlikely friendship with the curmudgeonly old man. Scenes from Lum's childhood and young adulthood are interspersed with chapters taking place in 1933 when Lum is 33 years old.īut Lum’s world changes when a local banker becomes ill and needs care. She makes friends with another outsider, a young Melungeon man from an isolated community high in the mountains, who is fresh out of prison. Always an outsider, even in her own family, Lum secretly collects postcards of people like the Dogfaced Girl, imagining their stories, and nurtures her lifelong friendship with Smiley, an AfricanAmerican man who sells furniture, oddsandends, and a little moonshine. She travels by schedule from one branch of the family to another, assisting with cooking, childcare and housework.
In 1933 in the Shenandoah Valley, there isn’t a place for Lum (short for Columbia), a 33yearold intersex woman.
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