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Transmuted
Her doctor is giving her the body of his dreams... and her nightmares. Isa is a micro-celebrity who rarely shows her face, and can’t wait to have it expertly ripped off and rearranged to look more feminine. When a successful fundraiser makes her gender affirming surgery possible, she’s overjoyed—until she has to give up all her money to save her dying father.
Crushed by gender dysphoria and the pressure of disappointing her fans who paid for a new face, she answers a sketchy ad seeking transgender women for a free, experimental feminization treatment. The grotesquely flawless Dr. Skurm has gruesome methods, but he gets unbelievable results, and Isa is finally feeling comfortable in her skin. She even gains the courage to ask out her crush: an alluring and disfigured alchemy-obsessed artist named Rayna.
But Isa’s body won’t stop changing, and she’s going from super model to super mutant. She has to discover the secret behind her metamorphosis—before the changes are irreversible, and she’s an unwanted freak forever.
Transmuted is an outrageous and unapologetically queer body horror tale that will leave you gasping, giggling, and gagging for more.
Book 30 in the Rewind-or-Die series: imagine your local movie rental store back in the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s, remember all those fantastic covers. Remember taking those movies home and watching in awe as the stories unfolded in nasty rainbows of gore, remember the atmosphere and textures. Remember the blood.
Crushed by gender dysphoria and the pressure of disappointing her fans who paid for a new face, she answers a sketchy ad seeking transgender women for a free, experimental feminization treatment. The grotesquely flawless Dr. Skurm has gruesome methods, but he gets unbelievable results, and Isa is finally feeling comfortable in her skin. She even gains the courage to ask out her crush: an alluring and disfigured alchemy-obsessed artist named Rayna.
But Isa’s body won’t stop changing, and she’s going from super model to super mutant. She has to discover the secret behind her metamorphosis—before the changes are irreversible, and she’s an unwanted freak forever.
Transmuted is an outrageous and unapologetically queer body horror tale that will leave you gasping, giggling, and gagging for more.
Book 30 in the Rewind-or-Die series: imagine your local movie rental store back in the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s, remember all those fantastic covers. Remember taking those movies home and watching in awe as the stories unfolded in nasty rainbows of gore, remember the atmosphere and textures. Remember the blood.
113 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2021
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Eve Harms
10 books108 followersEve Harms is a writer of horror and bizarro fiction. Her trans body horror novella TRANSMUTED was featured in Sadie Hartman’s award-winning book 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered, and her other work has appeared in publications such as Vastarien Literary Journal, under Rayna Waxhead, and Creepy Catalog, under Kendra Temples.
In addition to her love for storytelling, her belief in art and the power of self-expression feeds her passion for zines, the creative commons, and the work of independent creators. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her children's book illustrator spouse and two cats.
You can find her on the web at eveharms.com
In addition to her love for storytelling, her belief in art and the power of self-expression feeds her passion for zines, the creative commons, and the work of independent creators. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her children's book illustrator spouse and two cats.
You can find her on the web at eveharms.com
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July 12, 2021
The Fly, Dead Ringers, American Mary, The Skin I Live In, The Hellbound Heart by Barker, Skin by Koja, Geek Love by Katherine Dunn - these are some of my forever favorites in the body horror genre and Transmuted will be another added to my most memorable list. If you’re a fan of mad scientists and body horror I feel pretty safe saying you need this book in your life. Even if you’re not a fan of either, you likely need this book in your life if you’re a fan of horror fiction. It’s fast-paced and gruesome and kind of brutally fun in the vein of these Rewind or Die books. You also really get into the head of the main character so when the terrible things begin to happen it makes everything all the more cringe-inducing!
Isa is a popular game streamer who doesn’t show her face but now that she’s crowd-sourced enough cash to get the facial feminization surgery she’s desired for so long, she’s anxious to get it done and move on with her life. Unfortunately life throws a depressing obstacle in her way and she’s forced to spend the money elsewhere. Now, she’s in a desperate bind. How can she face her fans who funded the surgery she can no longer afford? How can she continue to face her own mirror when the person there isn’t a reflection of herself?
Ahhh, this book was so raw and grounded in such a great character. Isa has familial guilt even though they treat her like shit, she’s trapped in a body she despises and now her cash is gone. When she sees a sketchy ad on Instagram promising free experimental feminization treatments you’ll want to scream “DON’T DO IT” but you can completely understand why she does it. The treatment is strange and what eventually follows is even stranger and I don’t want to give it away by saying too much more. Well that’s a lie, I’d love to tell you about all of the imaginative and disgusting and shocking things that happen here and it’s kind of killing me to be so vague. I’ll only say there was just the right mix of romance, dark humor and what the hell?! It’s a book you’ll want to read in one sitting, if you’re fortunate enough to be able to do that.
The plot is incredibly sinister and absurd and mixes in some elements in the last act that were nightmarishly wild but painted so well I could picture it all vividly in my head. Told from Isa’s point of view, the first half of the story is an intimate look into her daily life. You learn her struggles, her desires, and you meet her best friend and support system before everything you could never imagine happens! I adored the twists and the wtf moments but I especially enjoyed Isa.
I hate these damn number ratings more every single day and I don’t know why I’m developing such a hatred for them but since I have to do it, I’ll rate the story a 4.5 because I was wishing it were a wee bit longer in sections and that’s a compliment coming from me so I’ll bump it up to a 5.
Isa is a popular game streamer who doesn’t show her face but now that she’s crowd-sourced enough cash to get the facial feminization surgery she’s desired for so long, she’s anxious to get it done and move on with her life. Unfortunately life throws a depressing obstacle in her way and she’s forced to spend the money elsewhere. Now, she’s in a desperate bind. How can she face her fans who funded the surgery she can no longer afford? How can she continue to face her own mirror when the person there isn’t a reflection of herself?
Ahhh, this book was so raw and grounded in such a great character. Isa has familial guilt even though they treat her like shit, she’s trapped in a body she despises and now her cash is gone. When she sees a sketchy ad on Instagram promising free experimental feminization treatments you’ll want to scream “DON’T DO IT” but you can completely understand why she does it. The treatment is strange and what eventually follows is even stranger and I don’t want to give it away by saying too much more. Well that’s a lie, I’d love to tell you about all of the imaginative and disgusting and shocking things that happen here and it’s kind of killing me to be so vague. I’ll only say there was just the right mix of romance, dark humor and what the hell?! It’s a book you’ll want to read in one sitting, if you’re fortunate enough to be able to do that.
The plot is incredibly sinister and absurd and mixes in some elements in the last act that were nightmarishly wild but painted so well I could picture it all vividly in my head. Told from Isa’s point of view, the first half of the story is an intimate look into her daily life. You learn her struggles, her desires, and you meet her best friend and support system before everything you could never imagine happens! I adored the twists and the wtf moments but I especially enjoyed Isa.
I hate these damn number ratings more every single day and I don’t know why I’m developing such a hatred for them but since I have to do it, I’ll rate the story a 4.5 because I was wishing it were a wee bit longer in sections and that’s a compliment coming from me so I’ll bump it up to a 5.
March 5, 2022
What an incredibly weird, gruesome, horrifying, fucked up ride this was. 10/10, absolutely recommended.
Isa is a very complex and lovable main character, and I'll never get enough of seeing trans characters shine in horror stories. Isa goes through a lot of inner turmoil within these pages, but there's also quite a bit of dark humor and a lot of weirdness and gross descriptions. I love body horror like this, where shit just absolutely hits the fan and you never know what's going to happen next, and Eve Harms definitely delivered. I can't wait to read more from her!
✨ Representation: trans MC & side characters, multiple queer characters
✨ Content warnings for:
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Isa is a very complex and lovable main character, and I'll never get enough of seeing trans characters shine in horror stories. Isa goes through a lot of inner turmoil within these pages, but there's also quite a bit of dark humor and a lot of weirdness and gross descriptions. I love body horror like this, where shit just absolutely hits the fan and you never know what's going to happen next, and Eve Harms definitely delivered. I can't wait to read more from her!
✨ Representation: trans MC & side characters, multiple queer characters
✨ Content warnings for:
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February 27, 2024
Ugh. Disgusting. That nose in a soup is completely unhinged and crazy. Haha. Talk about total make-over.
It was OK. I was just a bit overwhelmed by the constant jump of the plot. From a surgery gone wrong to a medieval gladiator-isque battle between a freak and a beast. And wait, there's more! Red/black robe wearing cults with a knack of grading the malformed test subjects like an auction for the art. My hands are totally full!
Well, it was body horror and body horror I got. Too much of it by the way. Wet, slimy—oozing in every hole. I'm done with my review.
If you like to read about gender dysphoria and flying noses. Pick this up.
It was OK. I was just a bit overwhelmed by the constant jump of the plot. From a surgery gone wrong to a medieval gladiator-isque battle between a freak and a beast. And wait, there's more! Red/black robe wearing cults with a knack of grading the malformed test subjects like an auction for the art. My hands are totally full!
Well, it was body horror and body horror I got. Too much of it by the way. Wet, slimy—oozing in every hole. I'm done with my review.
If you like to read about gender dysphoria and flying noses. Pick this up.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 5, 2023
Wow! Wasn’t expecting all that 😂
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April 22, 2022Transmuted begins with the reader joining Isa in some personal struggles as a trans woman waiting to undergo facial feminization surgery. She has a complicated relationship with her family that becomes even more strained when Isa is asked to forfeit her medical procedure savings to save her estranged father's life.
Desperate to look and feel more feminine, Isa resorts to some radical, experimental testing in order to complete her transition. It's difficult to watch Isa make hasty, risky decisions but it's also understandable. Harms does an excellent job communicating the social pressures and emotional anxiety that force Isa into the dangerous circumstances she finds herself in.
Eventually, Transmuted rockets into a science-fiction, body-horror reminiscent of The Island of Dr. Moreau.
Eve Harms has a warm and welcoming, accessible storytelling voice effortlessly penetrating past the page to grab ahold of her audience. I enjoyed this story and would love to read more!
Desperate to look and feel more feminine, Isa resorts to some radical, experimental testing in order to complete her transition. It's difficult to watch Isa make hasty, risky decisions but it's also understandable. Harms does an excellent job communicating the social pressures and emotional anxiety that force Isa into the dangerous circumstances she finds herself in.
Eventually, Transmuted rockets into a science-fiction, body-horror reminiscent of The Island of Dr. Moreau.
Eve Harms has a warm and welcoming, accessible storytelling voice effortlessly penetrating past the page to grab ahold of her audience. I enjoyed this story and would love to read more!
December 1, 2021
Quick and interesting book that covers topics such as gender dysphoria and fetishism of trans people. This novella was on track to being something great, but it kind of went too off the rails towards the end and it got a bit too contrived and wacky for me.
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August 7, 2022
I give this one a 2.5 rounded up to a 3. It was an interesting take on body horror but I thought the writing was just okay.
February 27, 2024
The great alchemists of antiquity held a contest to see who could transmute a human subject into the most fearsome monster. Adonis Mercurious, fabled to be a disciple of Hermes Trismegistus himself, showed unique dedication to the challenge. He locked himself in a cave with his equipment for forty days and forty nights, where he channeled powers and discovered formulas unmatched in their brilliance, even today. The result was The Beast, a superb celestial amalgamation of man, dragon, and fowl, representing every stage of the alchemical process.
March 5, 2022
As a deformed trans person myself this hit so many feels! The feelings of dysphoria, of being fetishized, of being looked at like a freak, of feeling like a freak. The way people treat you. I loved Isa. I want to gush about this book but i'm at a loss for words. I read it on KU and will HAVE to buy myself a copy! Highly recommend!
August 2, 2025
Good idea, bad execution.
The concept is unique, fun, full of potential. But goodness, the writing was absolutely obnoxious. That ending? gladiator x cult x fashion show stuff was tacky.
The concept is unique, fun, full of potential. But goodness, the writing was absolutely obnoxious. That ending? gladiator x cult x fashion show stuff was tacky.
February 25, 2022
Heartbreaking, horrific and amazing
I couldn't put this book down. The range of emotions I felt during this story wore me out. Eve Harms had me feeling like I was Isa and I am enamored of her writing style. A little bit of humor, a lot of body horror, an ancient monster and a woman determined to be the best version of herself.
I couldn't put this book down. The range of emotions I felt during this story wore me out. Eve Harms had me feeling like I was Isa and I am enamored of her writing style. A little bit of humor, a lot of body horror, an ancient monster and a woman determined to be the best version of herself.
August 25, 2021
Good
This was a fun read it did get kind of over the top near the end but I like wacky.
This was a fun read it did get kind of over the top near the end but I like wacky.
June 15, 2023
nice concept but unfortunately the writing is abysmal
January 23, 2025
Gender dysphoria body horror, human-animal hybrids, cults, and all the weirdness you want in a horror book.
November 14, 2023
Essential reading for fans of trans horror
January 28, 2022
Okay, okay, I see why everyone and their mom was recommending this to me. It's awesome, and it hits all the spots: biting, cynical social commentary that leaves ample cracks for hope. Erotic encounters that include but are not limited to the sexual –– that embrace an erotics of horror and violence in/and love. Bodies doing the hard work of horror, practicing modes of transformation whose pleasures always come at a steep price. The analysis of transmisogynistic beauty standards, social media stardom, and the real cost of pursuing bodily perfection, are pitch-perfect. Fast-paced story and impossible to put down.
February 17, 2023
I'm a sucker for queer stories and good body horror, this story is both, needless to say I'm a fan!
The story remained engaging from beginning to end and at no point did it lose steam. I really liked the main character. I also enjoyed Harms' writing style and I will definitely read more of her work!
For my sex repulsed peeps: there's a tiny bit of spice which was short enough that I didn't need to skim.
The story remained engaging from beginning to end and at no point did it lose steam. I really liked the main character. I also enjoyed Harms' writing style and I will definitely read more of her work!
For my sex repulsed peeps: there's a tiny bit of spice which was short enough that I didn't need to skim.
May 3, 2024
SUPER on the nose. Not very creative. Amateurish writing. I'd pass.
June 16, 2024
That was WILD
January 24, 2023
I wasn’t expecting the majority of this book but I’m glad I wasn’t expecting it.
September 12, 2024
LOVEEE!!! body horror with a trans main character will always be so personal to me and hit deeper than any other trope, why would you even bother with cis characters. there's so much meaning behind this trope that I dont have the words to describe. Her body in the eyes of other people is the only thing that matters. Even the way that she sees herself is unimportant to other people; her sister guilting her to give up the money she raised for her facial feminization surgery to the transphobic dad bc his needs matter more. Before the procedure, after the procedure, people are solely judging her by her looks (literally forcing her into a mutation pageant); does she pass well enough, is she the perfect enough monster. I really love this quote from the end when she shows the world her inhuman body; "I can't control what they see and how'll they think about me. What's the point of hiding?" As a tranny with dysphoria, its such an important thing to remember and really hit me hard. I wish I could write down all of my feelings about this book but words feel hard.
October 22, 2023
A book, for sure. Certainly a thing for the list. Spoilers, and such.
I dunno, am I in the wrong for expecting (or hoping for) something like this to be a bit subtle? To put its themes forward in some other way than bashing my skull in with them, particularly with paragraph-ending sentences? "A perfect score for being the perfect freak." Or indeed: "I can't control what they see and how they'll think of me. What's the point of hiding?" So many paragraphs end this way.
I get it, honest; it's like the "tfw ywn be anime" posters on /mtfg/. The women who wanna file themselves down until they are living barbie dolls, the ones who go for multiple passes of FFS compulsively. Maybe not literally-specifically /mtfg/, but you can tell it's that sort of sentiment it's conjuring, because the book contains the sentence "I don't consider anime girls to be any kind of transition goals". Plus, one of the deformed creature people in the deranged cultic beauty competition is compared to "one of those plastic anime figurines, formed to be inhumanly over-sexualised with exaggerated curves", and do you see how this might be a little goofy and immersion breaking? I'm not left to draw the conclusion myself, instead the book is bonking me on the forehead and saying "Look! A person has been deformed like an anime figure! Observe this commentary on the horrors of beauty standards!" So Thanks, Transmuted, I figured it out.
The other thing that draws the /tttt/ comparison is the frontloading of the old classic internalised transphobia. I've already enshrined an early passage from this book on the internet, the one that contains "Cro-Magnon brow, receding hairline, square jaw, thin lips, beard shadow-I'm a travesty" in all its horrible glory. Is it bad that I don't want to have to put up with shit like this being spewed 24/7? Is that not okay for me? I get that the book in general, thematically, is a criticism of that sort of trans adherence to impossible beauty standards, but it doesn't mean I wanna read regurgitations of shit I was hearing a decade ago. I feel like a lot of that self hate from the first half was just left to hang, given that protagonist Isa becomes a noodle person and all.
Besides, criticism or not, the story sort of loses itself in the latter half, when Isa is fighting off a giant chicken-dragon-man-bird hybrid. There's a sort of hokey, B-movie, creature-feature vibe that doesn't really gel well with the slow, body-horror of the first half. There's not really enough runtime to dwell on either, but half the time I can't even tell how seriously Transmuted wants me to take it. "Wait. Where's my dick?" was probably not intended to be hilarious, but I cackled and it totally broke the atmosphere.
I did really want to like this one, because it's a fucking banger of an idea for a horror novella. Unfortunately it's just not that well done, which is a real shame.
I dunno, am I in the wrong for expecting (or hoping for) something like this to be a bit subtle? To put its themes forward in some other way than bashing my skull in with them, particularly with paragraph-ending sentences? "A perfect score for being the perfect freak." Or indeed: "I can't control what they see and how they'll think of me. What's the point of hiding?" So many paragraphs end this way.
I get it, honest; it's like the "tfw ywn be anime" posters on /mtfg/. The women who wanna file themselves down until they are living barbie dolls, the ones who go for multiple passes of FFS compulsively. Maybe not literally-specifically /mtfg/, but you can tell it's that sort of sentiment it's conjuring, because the book contains the sentence "I don't consider anime girls to be any kind of transition goals". Plus, one of the deformed creature people in the deranged cultic beauty competition is compared to "one of those plastic anime figurines, formed to be inhumanly over-sexualised with exaggerated curves", and do you see how this might be a little goofy and immersion breaking? I'm not left to draw the conclusion myself, instead the book is bonking me on the forehead and saying "Look! A person has been deformed like an anime figure! Observe this commentary on the horrors of beauty standards!" So Thanks, Transmuted, I figured it out.
The other thing that draws the /tttt/ comparison is the frontloading of the old classic internalised transphobia. I've already enshrined an early passage from this book on the internet, the one that contains "Cro-Magnon brow, receding hairline, square jaw, thin lips, beard shadow-I'm a travesty" in all its horrible glory. Is it bad that I don't want to have to put up with shit like this being spewed 24/7? Is that not okay for me? I get that the book in general, thematically, is a criticism of that sort of trans adherence to impossible beauty standards, but it doesn't mean I wanna read regurgitations of shit I was hearing a decade ago. I feel like a lot of that self hate from the first half was just left to hang, given that protagonist Isa becomes a noodle person and all.
Besides, criticism or not, the story sort of loses itself in the latter half, when Isa is fighting off a giant chicken-dragon-man-bird hybrid. There's a sort of hokey, B-movie, creature-feature vibe that doesn't really gel well with the slow, body-horror of the first half. There's not really enough runtime to dwell on either, but half the time I can't even tell how seriously Transmuted wants me to take it. "Wait. Where's my dick?" was probably not intended to be hilarious, but I cackled and it totally broke the atmosphere.
I did really want to like this one, because it's a fucking banger of an idea for a horror novella. Unfortunately it's just not that well done, which is a real shame.
July 12, 2021
Poor Isa! somebody should have warned her that if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. After giving away her plastic surgery fund to pay for an experimental treatment for her father who is in the end stages of cancer she is depressed and desperate. When she sees an ad for a free feminization treatment she decides to take the plunge. But this is no board certified plastic surgeon, Dr. Skurm is more mad scientist than doctor, and his treatments are horrifying and traumatic.
Still, it appears to have worked. Isa begins to see dramatic results beyond her wildest dreams. The changes are not limited to her face or to ridding her of masculine features. She is downright beautiful! Unfortunately the changes don't stop, and Dr. Skurm has evil plans as mad scientists tend to do.
Transmuted is number 30 in the Rewind or Die series, and although it is a quick read with some bizarro body horror it may also be a clever and exaggerated look at the reality of what it may feel like for trans people who are stuck in the "wrong" body as Isa is transformed into something she does not recognize.
Still, it appears to have worked. Isa begins to see dramatic results beyond her wildest dreams. The changes are not limited to her face or to ridding her of masculine features. She is downright beautiful! Unfortunately the changes don't stop, and Dr. Skurm has evil plans as mad scientists tend to do.
Transmuted is number 30 in the Rewind or Die series, and although it is a quick read with some bizarro body horror it may also be a clever and exaggerated look at the reality of what it may feel like for trans people who are stuck in the "wrong" body as Isa is transformed into something she does not recognize.
December 17, 2021
An Amazing Body Horror tale!
This one is about Isa, a transgender woman who is currently transitioning to fix herself up to look more Femme. But after she has to pay for her father’s experimental cancer treatments, she is left with no way to pay for her reconstruction surgery. That’s when a doctor steps in with a solution to her problem.
If Hailey Piper’s ‘The Worm and His Kings’ and Cronenberg’s ‘The Fly’ had a baby, it would be this book!
I am a huge fan of body horror and of Cronenberg’s flicks, so this book was amazing! I loved every second of it!
In the end, ‘Transmuted’ easily gets Five Stars from me!
Wow! What a book!!!
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This one is about Isa, a transgender woman who is currently transitioning to fix herself up to look more Femme. But after she has to pay for her father’s experimental cancer treatments, she is left with no way to pay for her reconstruction surgery. That’s when a doctor steps in with a solution to her problem.
If Hailey Piper’s ‘The Worm and His Kings’ and Cronenberg’s ‘The Fly’ had a baby, it would be this book!
I am a huge fan of body horror and of Cronenberg’s flicks, so this book was amazing! I loved every second of it!
In the end, ‘Transmuted’ easily gets Five Stars from me!
Wow! What a book!!!
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May 4, 2022A bonkers bizarro body horror love story (of sorts) so needless to say, this is right up my alley.
March 28, 2024
Eating Taco Bell while listening to this audiobook was a mistake.
July 23, 2021
Big thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for sending a review copy of this my way!
This is the sort of horror I love most: experimental and weird and aggressive, all while never overstaying its welcome. Transmuted is a wicked little novella that can be read in a single setting—if not for length then the fact that the narrative reaches out and grabs you and doesn’t let go.
I loved the setup and the building tension as the story went on, but I feel the climax was a bit over-the-top and got a little too silly for me. But that isn’t too big a deal; the characters and situations Eve Harms has created felt totally real, and I was invested all the way through.
This is the sort of horror I love most: experimental and weird and aggressive, all while never overstaying its welcome. Transmuted is a wicked little novella that can be read in a single setting—if not for length then the fact that the narrative reaches out and grabs you and doesn’t let go.
I loved the setup and the building tension as the story went on, but I feel the climax was a bit over-the-top and got a little too silly for me. But that isn’t too big a deal; the characters and situations Eve Harms has created felt totally real, and I was invested all the way through.
September 16, 2023
This book... my goodness, this book!
Transmuted took me by surprise. It starts off with Isa, a trans woman, looking to get surgery to help make her look more feminine. As a popular influencer on YouTube (I believe) she crowdfunded the hefty price of the surgery. The only problem is that her family, whom she hasn't spoken to in over a year, phone her while she streaming, asking for her to use the crowdfunded money to pay for an experimental cancer treatment that might help save her father's life.
Isa makes what most people would consider the right decision and gives the money to her father. I could see the conflict she had in making this decision, though. Her family was not exactly supportive during her transition, and we get to see their ignorance during visits at the hospital.
But now she's out of her crowdfunded money, and also possibly facing legal issues for redirecting that money, Isa comes across an add on the internet directed at trans women who want to look more feminine, just like Isa. The treatment is free as it is in the testing stages, or so Isa is lead to believe.
I'm going to leave the synopsising there because that's all I really knew about the story going in, and what comes next is a mad scientist/body horror/cult extravaganza that left me saying WTF? on more than one occasion. This story is crazy, and I mean that in the most positive way possible.
So, I thoroughly loved and recommend Transmuted by Eve Harms. I'm hoping that she writes more stories in this vein in the future. I'm definitely going to check out more of her work.
Transmuted took me by surprise. It starts off with Isa, a trans woman, looking to get surgery to help make her look more feminine. As a popular influencer on YouTube (I believe) she crowdfunded the hefty price of the surgery. The only problem is that her family, whom she hasn't spoken to in over a year, phone her while she streaming, asking for her to use the crowdfunded money to pay for an experimental cancer treatment that might help save her father's life.
Isa makes what most people would consider the right decision and gives the money to her father. I could see the conflict she had in making this decision, though. Her family was not exactly supportive during her transition, and we get to see their ignorance during visits at the hospital.
But now she's out of her crowdfunded money, and also possibly facing legal issues for redirecting that money, Isa comes across an add on the internet directed at trans women who want to look more feminine, just like Isa. The treatment is free as it is in the testing stages, or so Isa is lead to believe.
I'm going to leave the synopsising there because that's all I really knew about the story going in, and what comes next is a mad scientist/body horror/cult extravaganza that left me saying WTF? on more than one occasion. This story is crazy, and I mean that in the most positive way possible.
So, I thoroughly loved and recommend Transmuted by Eve Harms. I'm hoping that she writes more stories in this vein in the future. I'm definitely going to check out more of her work.
July 10, 2021
TRANSMUTED is a deep dive into the life and mind of one transwomen and the evil scientist set to transform her. There is a lot to unpack in such a short book. We get a no affirming parent, and severe body dysphoria with the desperation surrounding fixing it forcing her to make a rash decision that ultimately defines her life.
I really enjoyed this one. The doctor was a perfect evil genius and comes equipped with a secret weapon. I am excited to read more from Eve Harms.
Cw: transphobia and fatphobia (see in a negative way) body dysphoria
I really enjoyed this one. The doctor was a perfect evil genius and comes equipped with a secret weapon. I am excited to read more from Eve Harms.
Cw: transphobia and fatphobia (see in a negative way) body dysphoria
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