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Lilac Peril Press
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DC-based small press by and for trans writers, with an eye for the subversive and experimental.

Issue 01: TABOO available now: https://lilacperil.bigcartel.com/product/issue-01-taboo
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Lilac Peril Press @lilacperil.bsky.social · Jun 2
Issue 01: TABOO collects 30+ trans writers and artists all asking: when the cis world at large sees our very lives at taboo, what do trans people still not want to talk about amongst ourselves?

Releasing in Summer 2025. PRE-ORDER NOW: lilacperil.bigcartel.com/product/issu...
PRE-ORDER Issue 01: Taboo
PRE-ORDER - ships Summer 2025 When the fact of our existence is taboo, what do trans people still not want to talk about, even amongst ourselves?...
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I got my copy today (it came with a sticker!) And I know this is silly but I need it to be on goodreads lol so I submitted it to the goodreads librarians.

I can't wait for work to be over so I can read!

@lilacperil.bsky.social
Heather holds up a copy of Taboo by Lilac Peril. It has a bright red cover. Between thumb and book there is a little sticker of a skirt and legs sitting on a chair
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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The people are hungry for taboo
alanastorm.bsky.social Alana Storm @alanastorm.bsky.social · 6d
My copies of @lilacperil.bsky.social were gone by 3:00pm.
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Yeah, I'm totally in that.

*nonchalantly blows across the tips of her nails* 💅
thetransfemininereview.com The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 8d
⭐⭐ @lilacperil.bsky.social's sophomore shortform collection TABOO isn't just one of the best books of 2025 - it's also a testament to the power of collective organizing in underground publishing.

One of the best showcases of obscure talent and potential I've ever read.
TABOO ed. Luke Sutherland and Andrea Tyler (Lilac Peril Press, 9/9/25) | The Transfeminine Review
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November 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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saoirsecl.bsky.social
Y’all should really read this collection.
lilacperil.bsky.social Lilac Peril Press @lilacperil.bsky.social · 8d
To be read like this, as a baby press with many debut authors, is truly such a gift 🖤

See what all the fuss is about: lilacperil.bigcartel.com/product/issu...
November 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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To be read like this, as a baby press with many debut authors, is truly such a gift 🖤

See what all the fuss is about: lilacperil.bigcartel.com/product/issu...
November 8, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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thetransfemininereview.com
⭐⭐ @lilacperil.bsky.social's sophomore shortform collection TABOO isn't just one of the best books of 2025 - it's also a testament to the power of collective organizing in underground publishing.

One of the best showcases of obscure talent and potential I've ever read.
TABOO ed. Luke Sutherland and Andrea Tyler (Lilac Peril Press, 9/9/25) | The Transfeminine Review
Get more from The Transfeminine Review on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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A screenshot from an article by Bethany Karsten published on the Transfeminine Review. It reads: “TABOO (2025) - Lilac Peril What It's About: A collection of stories primarily from authors local to the Washington, DC area, compiled by one of the most important community publishing and organizing efforts in the underground trans lit scene right now. Why You Should Read It: TABOO pushes the boundaries of the trans shortform anthology and does its title proud, from some of the best avant-garde prose of 2025 to zine-style underground theory, accompanied by a wonderful medley of poetry and art. Championing debut authors, deeply grounded in a local literary scene, Lilac Peril is paving a path for indie trans publishing in the 2020s.”
November 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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thetransfemininereview.com
After hundreds of hours of reading and research, my 2025 Starter Guide to transfeminine literature is finally live!

No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️‍⚧️📚 #transbooks

The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
Start Here (2025 Edition)
Are you questioning your gender and searching for fiction that’ll help you figure out what a transition might look like? Are you a trans woman or a femmeby who’s never seen herself on the tradition…
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November 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Extremely kind thread by @thetransfemininereview.com on TABOO. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Consider buying a copy so we can keep making freaky trans books: lilacperil.bigcartel.com/product/issu...
November 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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thetransfemininereview.com
And that's a wrap! Absolutely phenomenal work from @lukejsuth.bsky.social @submorstua.bsky.social and everyone else involved in the collection.

Oh right and thank you to Luke and Andrea for the review copy.
November 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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very curious to check this out, love this continuance of the visual language of "between revolutions" so much, i love that folks are so often in conversation with it 💘
cover of THE FAGGOTS & THEIR FRIENDS BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS by larry mitchell, illustrated by ned asta. red cover, black artwork, black and yellow type
November 6, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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Can you believe this was @saoirsecl.bsky.social first publication?? We couldn’t!
thetransfemininereview.com The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 10d
I don't know where I thought this story was going but gravedigging hell yeah.
This is a good omen, my love, but I still have much work left. My darling, you are in the backseat of the sedan. Your body, what’s left of it, is wrapped snugly in the emerald velvet blanket. I pull you from the car. Even in the thick blanket, you are so very light. This breaks my heart anew. In life, the weight of you in my arms, the weight of you when you held me against your body, was home. Even if this works, neither of us will walk away whole. Getting you out of the ground was hell. I worked under moonlight to excavate the hard frozen soil of Evergreen Cemetery. My labor took days. Before dawn each morning, I had to cover my progress with snow, snow that I would then have to remove before I continued my task as the sun settled behind the mountain ridge that encompasses the village like the dorsal spines of a great leviathan. Your father buried you within sight of the Memorial to the Unborn, that ghastly faux-marble statue of an implausibly muscular Christ with accusatory eyes set on three women bowed at his feet. All four faces were sunken like melted wax. One of these women stared at me while I dug into the earth. Her eyes were not ashamed, or judgmental, or even uneasy like her sisters. No, somehow the sculptor had made her eyes look frantic, hopeful, as though she urged us to our escape.
November 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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thetransfemininereview.com
I'm absolutely loving this experimental prose from @moonyeka.bsky.social 👀
RED LIGHT rarely ever reaches the deep ocean, except when there’ s a tampon in my pussy. PDA. Pussy. Displayed- Dysphoria. Ache-Attention. my pussy isn’ t always this dysphoric, but have you ever locked eyes with a cis man who saw you bleed under five red lights? he’ ll say something like i didn’ t like the way you danced. refuse the VIP room the first time. you’ ll run to the locker room and speak an obituary to yourself because no amount of cubic zirconia can cover up your pretty boi walk. baby, you are clocked. by the second stage set, there will be enough money falling on you by that same brown boy who is simultaneously disgusted and turned on by you that you could buy yourself two bouquets of orchids. i’ m sexy even on a bad day. when i bend over mary magdalene says, i’ m every mary. full of grace the manager is with you. the security tells you to take off your panties by the second song. it’ s in your contract
November 6, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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thetransfemininereview.com
I love underground trans publishibg
PAIN / PLEASURE / POWER / FAITH: The Metaphysics of Sadomasochism [ or: A Quasi-Spiritual Case for Leathersex at Pride ]
November 6, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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@anemonebythesea.bsky.social wrote a total knock out 💥💥💥
thetransfemininereview.com The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 10d
Okay yeah this is the *good* shit
WOMEN TASTE BETTER The eyes are the Lady’s favorite part. She doesn’t need them––blood will keep her alive, but with a taste for blood the rest soon follows. “I want them because I want them,” she says to Lucy. She speaks with blood still dripping from her mouth, the man’s empty sockets gaping under her hands. An easy kill: old Bridgeport factories like this are full of squatters. Lucy wants to look away but she can’t. She’s got a scar on her wrist where the Lady’s tasted her; there’s no parting the two of them now. All it takes is one drop of blood and you’re hers forever. S The first time Lucy saw her do this, she threw up. That was on the beach in Stratford, seawater ruining her shoes as she vomited into the surf, her wrist burning. The Lady made the kill that night––hit the john on the head with a brick while he sucked Lucy off through the fly of her jeans. After she’d plucked his eyes and drunk his blood she walked down to Lucy, wiping her mouth on the back of her hand. “I’m not doing this again,” said Lucy. “I’ll tell the police.” “Sure you will,” said the Lady. “Little tranny hooker your age, what could go wrong? You think you can find a cop who won’t tell your parents where you are if you blow him?” She pushed two fingers into Lucy’s pants, pressed them to the underside of her half-hard cock. She stroked her hair, forced her to look up. “Such a pretty girl,” she said, breath reeking of iron. “How does it taste?” Lucy asked. “Men’s blood is like grease,” said the Lady. “Women taste better.
November 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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NOVEMBER WORKSHOP with @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social ⚡️⚡️⚡️

Sun, Nov 30 at 10 am
at Rhizome DC

Writers of all experience levels are welcome to join. We want you here even if you’ve never attended a workshop before!

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Lilac Peril Presents: Trans Writing Workshop, featuring TT Madden. Sunday, November 30th at 10 am. Rhizome DC - 6950 Maple St NW, Washington DC 20012. Workshop topic: This class will cover topics on how to help maintain focus and writing inspiration during such stressful cultural times, especially if your writing is about such a subject. TT Madden (they/them) is a genderfluid, mixed-race author who refuses to keep "politics" out of their writing or to put AI in. Their work writing weird fiction often deals with the intersections of their various identities. They've published several books, including Gorman's House, Student Bodies, and The Cosmic Color, with more forthcoming. Who is this workshop for? Trans, non-binary, and Two Spirit writers of all experience levels. We welcome you whether it's your first or one hundredth workshop. How much does it cost? Nothing! The workshop is 100% free. Why should I go? To build community, to fight despair, and to get inspired for that writing project you’ve been meaning to work on.
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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T O D A Y!

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October 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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year one vs. year two photos are always the most dramatic
lilacperil.bsky.social Lilac Peril Press @lilacperil.bsky.social · 28d
Side by side of our first book (out of print) and TABOO. She’s big!! Order your copy 💋 lilacperil.bigcartel.com/product/issu...
Lilac Peril issue zero (a white book with a purple angel on the cover) next to Lilac Peril issue one (a red book with a black angel on the cover) The spines of Lilac Peril issues zero and one next to each other
October 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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LONG LIVE LILAC PERIL
lilacperil.bsky.social Lilac Peril Press @lilacperil.bsky.social · 28d
We had sooo much fun at our workshop with @maxdelsohn.bsky.social yesterday!! Don’t miss him while he’s in town on 10/29 peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/crawl/
October 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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We had sooo much fun at our workshop with @maxdelsohn.bsky.social yesterday!! Don’t miss him while he’s in town on 10/29 peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/crawl/
October 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Side by side of our first book (out of print) and TABOO. She’s big!! Order your copy 💋 lilacperil.bigcartel.com/product/issu...
Lilac Peril issue zero (a white book with a purple angel on the cover) next to Lilac Peril issue one (a red book with a black angel on the cover) The spines of Lilac Peril issues zero and one next to each other
October 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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DC, show up!!!
mbsycamore.bsky.social Mattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · Oct 12
Yes, the book tour for TERRY DACTYL is coming right up, please spread the word!!🎉🎉 Starting at the Seattle Art Museum on 10/25, 3 pm & then In conversation w/ @alexanderchee.bsky.social in NYC, Jennifer Natalya Fink in DC, Jeannie Vanasco in Baltimore, & @lenizumas.bsky.social in Portland💎⚡🔥
MATTILDA BERNSTEIN SYCAMORE ON TOUR WITH TERRY DACTYL 10/25 SEATTLE ART MUSEUM BOOKS SOLD BY ELLIOTT BAY BOOK CO. 11/19 THE STRAND NEW YORK, NY WITH ALEXANDER CHEE 12/1 POLITICS & PROSE WASHINGTON, D.C. WITH JENNIFER NATALYA FIOK 12/3 GREEDY READS BALTIMORE, MD WITH JEANNIE VANASCO 1/13 POWELL'S BOOKS PORTLAND, OR WITH LENI ZUMAS MASKS GREATLY APPRECIATED!
October 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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T O M O R R O W
lilacperil.bsky.social Lilac Peril Press @lilacperil.bsky.social · Oct 12
The workshop is virtual and free and that means 🫵YOU🫵 can attend www.eventbrite.com/e/trans-writ...
workshop topic HOW TO "KILL LIES:" WRITING AGAINST RECEIVED LANGUAGE Nico Walker, the infamous bankrobber-turned-novelist, once wrote in BookForum, "Any writer worth a fuck should be in the business of killing lies." This generative writing workshop will consider the clichés, disinformation, and reductive language that plague minority writers specifically and employ them as writing prompts. We will begin by looking at some remarkable lie-killers across identity groups and history (potential writers include Torrey Peters, Andrea Long Chu, Imogen Binnie, Kay Gabriel, Leslie Feinberg, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Ralph Ellison, Claudia Rankine, Danez Smith, Charles Yu, Mosab Abu Toha, and Nafissa Thompson-Spires) and finish with a writing exercise in which we, as trans artists, write directly against and past the language wrongly applied to us. Sat, October 18 at 2 PM EST Virtual, registration in bio
October 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Can you believe we forgot to post this here? We are doing a DOUBLE FEATURE this month with THE @maxdelsohn.bsky.social to celebrate the release of Crawl !!!
Lilac Peril presents Max Delsohn's DOUBLE FEATURE virtual workshop Sat, October 18 at 2 PM EST HOW TO "KILL LIES:" WRITING AGAINST RECEIVED LANGUAGE reading + q & a Wed, October 29 at 6 PM EST PEOPLE'S BOOK 7014-A WESTMORELAND AVE, TAKOMA PARK, MARYLAND 20912 Max Delsohn's writing appears in McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, VICE, Joyland, The Rumpus, and Triangle House, among other places. His debut short story collection, Crawl, about trans men in Seattle during the 2010s, will be published by Graywolf Press on Oct. 21, 2025. He earned his MFA in fiction from Syracuse University. He lives in Los Angeles.
October 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM