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Hello again,
Happy to say that I have delivered the last copy-edits of CABARET IN FLAMES (which you can already pre-order through Tordotcom or Titan Books), and that Small Wonders reprinted my story “A Bitter Orange Perfume.” It’s very short, and a little old, but you can read it here (and enjoy their selection of monthly flash fiction and poetry):
There were three women attending the perfumer’s funeral; others were nothing but colorless shadows. Maria Alberta was the first one, twenty-nine by then, the oldest of the Latorre sisters. Then came Maria Clarinda, twenty-six, short, sickly, unwed. The last, Maria Gracinda, was twenty-three, and the only of them dressed all in black.
More importantly, we keep seeing a genocide and extreme, human-made famine unfold, so please share and donate to Operation Olive Branch to support Palestinian campaigns, or to organizations like the Sameer Project.
See you next month,
Hache 🕷️
Brainwyrms 🇬🇧
(Alison Rumfitt, 2023)
Frankie’s life is a mess. After a transphobic terrorist attack in her workplace, she spirals down in self-hatred and recklessness until she meets Vanya. What starts as kinky sex quickly becomes more intense, but Vanya has secrets, and a conspiracy of parasitic transphobes looms in the background, coming closer and closer.
BRAINWYRMS is not for everyone; parasite fetishism is a main feature, after all. It’s repulsive, bleak, entertaining and satirical in equal measure, but it doesn’t shy away from real emotions, complicated behavior, or the grotesquerie promised by the concept.