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Register for our second annual spoooooky Halloween retreat... IF YOU DARE.
Register for our second annual spoooooky Halloween retreat... IF YOU DARE.
Register for our second annual spoooooky Halloween retreat... IF YOU DARE.
SCREAM!!! For the second year in a row, we're hosting a special literary horror retreat the weekend before Halloween. This time we're heading to the LUXURIOUS Glynwood Center for Regional Food & Farming, set on 225 acres in Hudson Valley.
We'll read a WILDLY BRILLIANT horror debut together that takes place at an all-trans girl commune in the woods. YEAH. Oh and did we mention Lana Lagomarsini from Top Chef is cookin' the books, with our friends from BABE curating the wines?!?! Screaming indeed…
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A “paranoid, self-annihilating” horror debut following a woman who seeks refuge at an all-trans girl commune only to discover that demons haunt her fellow comrades—and she's their next prey!
A “paranoid, self-annihilating” horror debut following a woman who seeks refuge at an all-trans girl commune only to discover that demons haunt her fellow comrades—and she's their next prey!
A “paranoid, self-annihilating” horror debut following a woman who seeks refuge at an all-trans girl commune only to discover that demons haunt her fellow comrades—and she's their next prey!
"Punchy, strange, and sneakily poignant without trying to be overly ironic, Herculine doubles both as a novel and as trans literary criticism."
—Brandon Taylor, author of Real Life
"Punchy, strange, and sneakily poignant without trying to be overly ironic, Herculine doubles both as a novel and as trans literary criticism."
—Brandon Taylor, author of Real Life
"Punchy, strange, and sneakily poignant without trying to be overly ironic, Herculine doubles both as a novel and as trans literary criticism."
—Brandon Taylor, author of Real Life
Herculine’s narrator has demons. Sure, her life includes several hallmarks of the typical trans girl sob story—conversion therapy, a string of shitty low-paying jobs, and even shittier exes—but she also regularly debates sleep paralysis demons that turn to mist soon after she wakes and carries vials of holy oil in her purse. Nothing, though, prepares her for the new malevolent force stalking her through the streets of New York City, more powerful than any she’s ever encountered. Desperate to escape this ancient evil, she flees to rural Indiana, where her ex-girlfriend started an all-trans girl commune in the middle of the woods.
The secluded camp, named after 19th-century intersex memoirist Herculine Barbin, is a scrappy operation, but the shared sense of community among the girls is a welcome balm to the narrator’s growing isolation and paranoia. Still, something isn’t quite right at Herculine. Girls stop talking as soon as she enters the room, everyone seems to share a common secret, and the books lining the walls of the library harbor strange cryptograms. Soon what once looked like an escape becomes a trap all its own.
While trying to untangle the commune’s many mysteries, the narrator contends with disemboweled pigs, cultlike psychosexual rituals, and the horrors of communal breakfast. And before long, she discovers that her demons have followed her. And this time, they won’t be letting her go.
On Sale: October 7th, 2025
Publisher: Saga Press
"Truly wonderful. While the world falls apart, reading horror is like anti-venom, a small offering of poison to counteract a greater poison that seeks to destroy you.”
"Truly wonderful. While the world falls apart, reading horror is like anti-venom, a small offering of poison to counteract a greater poison that seeks to destroy you.”
"Truly wonderful. While the world falls apart, reading horror is like anti-venom, a small offering of poison to counteract a greater poison that seeks to destroy you.”
— Lilly Wachowski
Co-creator of The Matrix and Sense8
— Lilly Wachowski
Co-creator of The Matrix and Sense8
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BOOK-THEMED DINNERS
BOOK-THEMED DINNERS
BOOK-THEMED DINNERS
LANA
LAGOMARSINI
LANA
LAGOMARSINI
LANA
LAGOMARSINI
COOKIN'
THE BOOKS
COOKIN'
THE BOOKS
We are THRILLED to have Chef Lana staying with us all weekend, cooking two fabulous book-themed dinners from the glowing kitchen at Glynwood.
Lana Lagomarsini is a New York City–based chef with 15 years of experience in the culinary industry and a recent competitor as a semi-finalist on Bravo’s Top Chef Season 22: Destination Canada.
We are THRILLED to have Chef Lana staying with us all weekend, cooking two fabulous book-themed dinners from the glowing kitchen at Glynwood.
Lana Lagomarsini is a New York City–based chef with 15 years of experience in the culinary industry and a recent competitor as a semi-finalist on Bravo’s Top Chef Season 22: Destination Canada.
CURATED WINE PROGRAM
CURATED WINE PROGRAM
CURATED WINE PROGRAM
babe
Wine Bar
babe
Wine Bar
babe
Wine Bar
FROM PAGE
TO PALATE
FROM PAGE
TO PALATE
The BABESSSS from BABE Wine Bar will curate our wine program for the weekend and babe… listen… we cannot WAIT.
BABE is a pop-up wine bar created by and for queer folks, with events that immediatelyyyy sell out every time.
The BABESSSS from BABE Wine Bar will curate our wine program for the weekend and babe… listen… we cannot WAIT.
BABE is a pop-up wine bar created by and for queer folks, with events that immediatelyyyy sell out every time.
HOSTED AT
HOSTED AT
HOSTED AT
glynwood
glynwood
glynwood
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Dreamy fall vibes living in a 1920s fieldstone house and a 1700s farmhouse for the weekend. We have 14 stunning rooms that are definitely NOT haunted by demons…
Dreamy fall vibes living in a 1920s fieldstone house and a 1700s farmhouse for the weekend. We have 14 stunning rooms that are definitely NOT haunted by demons…
Dreamy fall vibes living in a 1920s fieldstone house and a 1700s farmhouse for the weekend. We have 14 stunning rooms that are definitely NOT haunted by demons…
LIBRARY READINGS
LIBRARY READINGS
LIBRARY READINGS
You already KNOW we're gonna host a reading session in the library…
You already KNOW we're gonna host a reading session in the library…
You already KNOW we're gonna host a reading session in the library…
BOATHOUSE BRUNCH
BOATHOUSE BRUNCH
BOATHOUSE BRUNCH
We'll serve a fabulous lake-side brunch at Glynwood's picturesque boathouse on Sunday!
We'll serve a fabulous lake-side brunch at Glynwood's picturesque boathouse on Sunday!
We'll serve a fabulous lake-side brunch at Glynwood's picturesque boathouse on Sunday!
3% of every booking will be donated to FreeFrom.
3% of every booking will be donated to FreeFrom.
3% of every booking will be donated to FreeFrom.
FreeFrom works to end gender-based violence with survivors by building safety and economic freedom.
FreeFrom is a proudly feminist national organization led by queer, trans, im/migrant, and BIPOC survivors.
Learn more about FreeFrom here.
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