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THE HEX
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Expected 3 Mar 26From Lambda Literary Finalist Luna Merbruja comes a collection of short stories set in an alternate timeline, one where transgender people have created a potion that unlocks superhuman shapeshifting. These bold interconnected stories take readers on a journey through fantasy and science fiction to the beginning of a daring new world.
THE HEX features 9 genre-expansive short stories that capture the complexity of the human experience through tales featuring queer and transgender protagonists. The short stories feature characters that live in the same world, all impacted by one monumental moment in history referred to as The Shift. This short story collection aya - A creator of universes shapes the Lunaverse with magic and possibility.SHFT - A potion created by a transgender scientist creates a doomsday-level cataclysm that shapes the trajectory of humanity forever.Miss Muerte - From the streets of San Francisco comes a scrappy young trans girl destined to meet the goddess of death.The Inlaru Ritual - Escaping the land for the sea, a shapeshifter is rescued to an underwater city with a fascinating religion surrounding a mystical crystal.Unbecoming - A mother who has experienced great tragedy must face the prospect of loss once again.Everybody's Girlfriend - A people pleaser entangled in multiple partners is confronted with a scandal that tests their relationships.A Blue Love - A pair of distribution employees unlock a threatening secret about their employers that could expose the company's true intentions.Seedling - Finding humanity difficult to assimilate to, a teenager finds solace in soil and its limitless potential.Hotel Lastly - One man's life ends on Earth and begins in Purgatory where his ultimate goal is to accept the shame that plagued his life.
THE HEX features 9 genre-expansive short stories that capture the complexity of the human experience through tales featuring queer and transgender protagonists. The short stories feature characters that live in the same world, all impacted by one monumental moment in history referred to as The Shift. This short story collection aya - A creator of universes shapes the Lunaverse with magic and possibility.SHFT - A potion created by a transgender scientist creates a doomsday-level cataclysm that shapes the trajectory of humanity forever.Miss Muerte - From the streets of San Francisco comes a scrappy young trans girl destined to meet the goddess of death.The Inlaru Ritual - Escaping the land for the sea, a shapeshifter is rescued to an underwater city with a fascinating religion surrounding a mystical crystal.Unbecoming - A mother who has experienced great tragedy must face the prospect of loss once again.Everybody's Girlfriend - A people pleaser entangled in multiple partners is confronted with a scandal that tests their relationships.A Blue Love - A pair of distribution employees unlock a threatening secret about their employers that could expose the company's true intentions.Seedling - Finding humanity difficult to assimilate to, a teenager finds solace in soil and its limitless potential.Hotel Lastly - One man's life ends on Earth and begins in Purgatory where his ultimate goal is to accept the shame that plagued his life.
205 pages, Kindle Edition
Expected publication March 3, 2026
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