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A review by destynnee
Bound in Flesh: An Anthology of Trans Body Horror by Lor Gislason
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
5.0
"If you've got some kind of snuff fantasy," she began, "you're barking up the wrong tree. I do not kill people."
-The Physician / Wormspace
Bound in Flesh
An Anthology of Trans Body Horror
Edited by Lor Gislason
Wormspace
by LC Von Hessen
191 pages
Publication date April 18, 2023
I received a copy of this book, and this is my review.
Please, watch out for possible spoilers, including but not limited to, TW/CN/Etc.
Possible TW, Tropes, and Genres
Mature, Body Horror, Horror, Horror Anthology, Gay Fiction, Transgender Fiction, Illegal Medical Practices, Profanity, Sex, Violence, Death, Suicide, Abuse, Blood, Gore, Death of a Child/Teen, pareidolia, cryptid, monster, prison, colostomy bag, usage of a slur, and possibly more.
If you can not handle body horror, extreme.. EXTREME bodily mutilation, and or extreme medical/body modifications.. This will not be a book for you. If you can…. :: wicked grin ::
The whole anthology is amazing. I say read it cover to cover,
I will be specifically talking about the story Wormspace, by LC Von Hessen in this review though.
“The Physician’s forte was neither safe nor sane and only
nominally consensual.” I would fucking say so.
If you have ever been in the extreme body mod community, or extreme BDSM community, you will know that there are people like this, and people who will do this for the right price.
““If you’ve got some kind of snuff fantasy,” she began, “you’re
barking up the wrong tree. I do not kill people.” She crossed her legs.
“It’s not an ethical thing. It’s just boring, to me.” The Physician spoke
with an assured, velvet-lined voice. Her thin lips were painted a deep
red verging on black, the color of menstrual clots.”
I just want to say, that the way the lip coloring was described was FUCKING AMAZING. As someone who has Endometriosis, and has dealt with horrible blood clots and one miscarriage, the visual this game me. I had to take a moment and gather myself. I applaud you LC Von Hessen. FUCKING PERFECT,
I have been in the BDSM and body mod community since I was like 18, that's over 20 years of seeing and hearing about some of the more subtle “extremes” and then HEARING/SEEING the actual extremes. This story, while fiction, touches on things I have heard about. Things that with the right amount of money…
Anyway, it is visceral, it made me stop once or twice, and remind myself this is fiction. While I know of real world things, THIS what I am reading is fiction. And that kind of writing, that makes me think about real world things, or makes me think about other media I have consumed that has touched on this sort of topic.. That is my kinda story. It pulls me in, and makes me want to stay in that head space and intake more bit of entertainment like this.
This is the first time reading anything by these authors, I would highly suggest giving this a read/
5 / 5
-Destynnee
-The Physician / Wormspace
Bound in Flesh
An Anthology of Trans Body Horror
Edited by Lor Gislason
Wormspace
by LC Von Hessen
191 pages
Publication date April 18, 2023
I received a copy of this book, and this is my review.
Please, watch out for possible spoilers, including but not limited to, TW/CN/Etc.
Possible TW, Tropes, and Genres
Mature, Body Horror, Horror, Horror Anthology, Gay Fiction, Transgender Fiction, Illegal Medical Practices, Profanity, Sex, Violence, Death, Suicide, Abuse, Blood, Gore, Death of a Child/Teen, pareidolia, cryptid, monster, prison, colostomy bag, usage of a slur, and possibly more.
If you can not handle body horror, extreme.. EXTREME bodily mutilation, and or extreme medical/body modifications.. This will not be a book for you. If you can…. :: wicked grin ::
The whole anthology is amazing. I say read it cover to cover,
I will be specifically talking about the story Wormspace, by LC Von Hessen in this review though.
“The Physician’s forte was neither safe nor sane and only
nominally consensual.” I would fucking say so.
If you have ever been in the extreme body mod community, or extreme BDSM community, you will know that there are people like this, and people who will do this for the right price.
““If you’ve got some kind of snuff fantasy,” she began, “you’re
barking up the wrong tree. I do not kill people.” She crossed her legs.
“It’s not an ethical thing. It’s just boring, to me.” The Physician spoke
with an assured, velvet-lined voice. Her thin lips were painted a deep
red verging on black, the color of menstrual clots.”
I just want to say, that the way the lip coloring was described was FUCKING AMAZING. As someone who has Endometriosis, and has dealt with horrible blood clots and one miscarriage, the visual this game me. I had to take a moment and gather myself. I applaud you LC Von Hessen. FUCKING PERFECT,
I have been in the BDSM and body mod community since I was like 18, that's over 20 years of seeing and hearing about some of the more subtle “extremes” and then HEARING/SEEING the actual extremes. This story, while fiction, touches on things I have heard about. Things that with the right amount of money…
Anyway, it is visceral, it made me stop once or twice, and remind myself this is fiction. While I know of real world things, THIS what I am reading is fiction. And that kind of writing, that makes me think about real world things, or makes me think about other media I have consumed that has touched on this sort of topic.. That is my kinda story. It pulls me in, and makes me want to stay in that head space and intake more bit of entertainment like this.
This is the first time reading anything by these authors, I would highly suggest giving this a read/
5 / 5
-Destynnee