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The Baffler @thebaffler.com · 19d

Sleep demons, a bump of K, dead-end drudgery, and a touch of edge play—it’s all in a day’s work in “Female Small Business Owner” by Grace Byron, excerpted from her forthcoming novel “Herculine.”

Female Small Business Owner | Grace Byron

I loved women who could wrestle their darkness into words.

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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 7d

As our monthly book club returns, we take a look at new releases by Lily King, Grace Byron, and Alix E. Harrow.

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What are you reading in October?

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Kerensa @kerensa.bsky.social · 3h

I am such a fan of @emotrophywife.bsky.social's work so getting to talk to her about her brilliant new novel Herculine www.marieclaire.com/culture/book...

Grace Byron Is Telling Her Story in Her Own "Demonic" Way

The author’s debut novel, 'Herculine', challenges purity politics and explores the dream of queer communes.

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Grace Byron @emotrophywife.bsky.social · 3h

And Family Style

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Family Style - Demons and Dogmas

In Grace Byron’s debut novel Herculine, horror becomes a tool for truth.

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Grace Byron @emotrophywife.bsky.social · 3h

In Marie Claire today

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Grace Byron Is Telling Her Story in Her Own "Demonic" Way

The author’s debut novel, 'Herculine', challenges purity politics and explores the dream of queer communes.

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 23h

It's @nourabinakhoul.bsky.social on @emotrophywife.bsky.social, the FBI, and girls wanting to be beautiful.
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Grace Byron’s ‘Herculine’ shows what a trans cult might actually look like | Xtra Magazine

Byron flips right-wing stereotypes about trans people with her frightening and funny debut novel

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Debutiful @debutiful.bsky.social · 1d

My Reading Life: @emotrophywife.bsky.social discusses the books that shaped her life

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BOMB Magazine @bombmag.bsky.social · 1d

HERCULINE, @emotrophywife.bsky.social’s debut horror novel is the subject of the author’s interview with writer Leah Abrams.

“So much of the book is about writing what love isn’t, in order to think about what love might be.”— Grace Byron

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BOMB Magazine | Grace Byron by Leah Abrams

A debut horror novel where friendship offers survival against literal and metaphorical demons.

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Grace Byron @emotrophywife.bsky.social · 1d

Interviewed for SSENSE today by PE Moskowitz.

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The Demons Just Kept Coming as I Was Writing

Grace Byron on her genre-bending debut novel ‘Herculine,’ in which a young protagonist leaves New York City to join a trans commune in the woods.

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Grace Byron @emotrophywife.bsky.social · 1d

Herculine is out! Leah Abrams interviewed me for @BOMBmagazine

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BOMB Magazine | Grace Byron by Leah Abrams

A debut horror novel where friendship offers survival against literal and metaphorical demons.

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Grace Byron @emotrophywife.bsky.social · 1d

sold out strand event with torrey peters to usher herculine into the world

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 4d

MANHUNT getting a shout-out in VOGUE from @emotrophywife.bsky.social <3

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Required Reading: The 7 Books That Inspired Grace Byron's New Novel ‘Herculine’

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Grace Byron @emotrophywife.bsky.social · 5d

I spoke with @emmaspecter.bsky.social for Vogue about Herculine

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Grace Byron @emotrophywife.bsky.social · 7d

On Thomas Pynchon for GQ

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In ‘Shadow Ticket’ and ‘One Battle After Another,’ Thomas Pynchon's Paranoia Meets Our Moment

In Paul Thomas Anderson's box-office-dominating ‘Vineland’ riff and a new 1930s-set novel by the reclusive maestro himself, eccentric characters face down fascism on the rise.

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Grace Byron @emotrophywife.bsky.social · 9d

My book is out in one week

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Grace Byron @emotrophywife.bsky.social · 10d

Wrote about AI for @washingtonpost.com

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Review | Could AI be a truly apocalyptic threat? These writers think so.

In “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies,” Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares issue a grim proclamation against the rise of intelligent machines.

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BookTrib @booktrib.bsky.social · 13d

For the frenemies:

🐇 WHIDBEY by T Kira Madden
🐇 BRUTES by Dizz Tate
🐇 OTHER PEOPLE'S CLOTHES by Calla Henkel
🐇 HERCULINE by Grace Byron

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Evangeline Gallagher @egallagher.bsky.social · 13d

I love doing book covers so so much

BOOK COVER ARTISTS
QRP with your book covers

Cover art for The divine flesh by drew huff

cover art for now, conjurers by freddie kölsch

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Grace Byron @emotrophywife.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you so much!!!

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Ginger Nuts of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 11d

It's no surprise to many of you that @haileypiperfights.bsky.social is one of my favourite authors. And if, like m,e you love her writing, then you need to check out Herculine by @emotrophywife.bsky.social

Check out my review

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Herculine By Grace Byron Is A Raw And Unforgettable Descent Into Trans Horror - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website

Why Herculine stands as a trans horror triumph—Grace Byron's novel probes isolation, relationships, and demonic pursuits with fierce wit.

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Grace Byron @emotrophywife.bsky.social · 13d

Next month! With @reproutopia.bsky.social

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The Baffler @thebaffler.com · 14d

Pink is out, girls run the world, and a text notification is the harbinger of extreme good and bad tidings in a new excerpt from @emotrophywife.bsky.social forthcoming novel.

Female Small Business Owner | Grace Byron

I loved women who could wrestle their darkness into words.

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Grace Byron @emotrophywife.bsky.social · 15d

We are almost sold out! So don’t wait…

Grace Byron @emotrophywife.bsky.social · 15d

My book is out in two weeks. That sounds crazy but it is true. Come to Herculine.

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Grace Byron + Torrey Peters: Herculine

Join us for a launch event with acclaimed writer Grace Byron, discussing her debut novel Herculine.

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Grace Byron @emotrophywife.bsky.social · 15d

My book is out in two weeks. That sounds crazy but it is true. Come to Herculine.

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Grace Byron + Torrey Peters: Herculine

Join us for a launch event with acclaimed writer Grace Byron, discussing her debut novel Herculine.

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The Baffler @thebaffler.com · 16d

Ash went and started one of those all-trans, gun-carrying rural communes. Can it be better than New York City? In the eyes of the recently unemployed protagonist of new fiction from @emotrophywife.bsky.social, it just might.

Female Small Business Owner | Grace Byron

I loved women who could wrestle their darkness into words.

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