Definitely would advise checking on the content warnings for all of the above, depending on what tone you're feeling like reading at what time, but they're all phenomenal books, and have all had big impacts on my perception and understanding of gender possibilities 🩵

Seconding the recommendations I'm seeing below for The Woods All Black (Lee Mandelo) and pretty much anything by Andrew Joseph White. I'd also love to recommend The Scandalous Letters of V and J (Felicia Davin) which is a queer & trans historical fantasy epistolary romance (and one of my favorites!)

Stay tuned, stay writing, and much love to you all 🦴✨🔪🩸🪐

That’s the majority of my published work from this year - but you'd better believe I've got a lot of wonderful things coming your way in 2026! Up next, I'm guest editor for the 59th issue of Eye to the Telescope, collating speculative poetry around the theme of "Immortality."

Finally, my queer fae story “Like The Rain That Floods The Fields” was published as a part of the Butch Fairy Zine. It features genderfuckery, fae hookups, and strange bargains, and the zine is filled beginning to end with amazing art and tales:
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I wrote an article for @sidequestzone.bsky.social about the wonderful video game Prey, and the power of story as a vehicle for my self-exploration: sidequest.zone/2025/11/03/w...

First, my sci-fi survival novelette “The Suture Cycle” was published by dogleech books! If you like body horror and messy queer dynamics, enjoy questions about the nature of the Self, or are passionate about Star Trek and Frankenstein, then this is the book for you:
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Now, on to what I shared with y’all in 2025.

I love to write about messy relationships, unusual power dynamics, rage, obsession, possession, body horror, desire, identity, and the glory of the monstrous. You can find more of my work at ccraynewrites.carrd.co, and follow me here on Bluesky or at @ccraynewrites on instagram (new!)

First of all, let me re-introduce myself. I’m C. C. Rayne, author of all things weird, wonderful, and queer. I love to craft strange and mystifying stories, spanning across a wide variety of speculative genres like horror, fantasy, sci-fi, magical realism, and slipstream.

I have always had a particular love for the phoenix, and all the different stories it turns up in! 🔥🪶