A review by vanmeers
Bound in Flesh: An Anthology of Trans Body Horror by Lor Gislason

dark medium-paced

4.75

Bound in Flesh is a great collection of trans body horror from 13 different trans and non-binary authors, all amazing at what they do, and definitely a collection worth reading if you’re intro queer horror or body horror! There’s a story for everyone in this book.

Lor Gislason did an exceptional job picking the stories to appear in Bound in Flesh as they’re all extremely well written, supremely gross, and not one story is like the other — you literally cannot predict where this book will take you next. There’s different takes on body horror and it’s a great selection that really showcases how body horror can mean different things to different people. It’s a trope that doesn’t have to be done in just one way. Bound in Flesh is also a good example of how body horror can excel when written through a trans lens and how horror, as a genre, really benefits from having amazing trans, non-binary, and queer authors write it. 

This is an amazing collection and one that I will definitely go back to again as the stories can easily be read more than once. I’m already looking forward to getting a physical copy of this in the future so I can get my partner to read it as well, there’s a few stories I know they'll absolutely love as much as I did. 

Thank you to BookSirens and Lor Gislason for the ARC.