Precision Instruments

by Blue Neustifter, Tandye Rowe (Illustrator)

Agony. Machines. Buzzing. A voice in its head (did it even have a head?).

It is being made. It is coming alive.

It is... remembering.

And it is becoming something new.

Precision Instruments is a queer Frankenstein story. Body horror, cathartic release, and loving embrace of the monstrousness of life.

First in the Trans Terror Trilogy. These horror-themed stories about transfeminine protagonists center bodily autonomy, anxiety at existing in public, and cathartic release in a world that hates and controls us.

Cover and interior art by Tandye Rowe.

Content warnings for medical imagery and violence.

The other entries in the Trans Terror Trilogy are The Inside City by London Snow and They Say Don't Get Clocked by Angela Quinton.

13 pages, ebook

About the author

Blue Midnight Canis (she/her; formerly Blue Neustifter) is a white, queer trans woman and 2022 finalist for a Hugo Award in the "Best Short Story" category for her epistolary story "Unknown Number". In addition to writing speculative fiction, she is a statistician, published board game designer, and unapologetic dyke She lives in Ontario and is trying to help make the world a little better how she can.