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ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social
saw IRON LUNG. it was very sexy. to me.
February 2, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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my newest novel, YOU’RE NO BETTER—a teen thriller about messy trans kids and serial killers—has an official summary!

this book is a rough one, and it tackles a lot of ugliness, but I love it so much and can’t wait to share it 💕
A white and pink graphic reading “YOURE NO BETTER: Official summary,” with broken glass in the background. Black text on a white background, reading: “Bestselling author Andrew Joseph White returns with another horrific YA thriller: a profound portrait of a struggling teen trying to convince the world—and himself—that he’s better than the serial killer who raised him. Morgan Slaughter, a seventeen-year-old trans boy with autism, put his serial killer father in prison years ago. Despite that, everyone thinks Morgan will grow up to be just like his dad: including his volatile mother, the documentary crew following their family, and maybe himself. Desperately, Morgan latches onto his father’s final victim—the only one who was never identified—hoping that if he unravels the mystery, he’ll finally prove he’s better than the man who hurt him. But this puts Morgan in the crosshairs of classmate Felicity Keating, who knows the truth about Morgan’s childhood—that he wasn’t just a witness to his father’s brutality, he was an accomplice. And if he doesn’t let them help with his investigation? They’ll tell everyone. Forced to confront his past, Morgan’s ugly but carefully controlled world unravels. The film crew is manipulative. His mother’s temper spirals into malice, then violence. And Morgan and Felicity may be more tightly intertwined than either of them can stomach… You’re No Better is a gritty and unapologetic coming-of-age suspense about teens who grew up surrounded by cruelty and are clawing their way to adulthood the only way they know how.”
January 20, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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realized I missed my sixth HRT anniversary in Sept because I was too busy celebrating the release of my fourth bestselling novel lol 🏳️‍🌈🤘🏳️‍⚧️
A selfie of a white trans man with asymmetrical blond hair sitting against a brick wall. He has no beard and his face is soft. A selfie of a white trans man sitting in a car. He is visibly older and has a full beard, shorter hair, etc.
November 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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i start plotting my next adult project in the spring & I am rubbing my hands together. the feelings I have about being a developmentally disabled adult who struggles to live up to societal expectations of “adulthood” are gonna be y’all’s problem in *checks notes* several years
November 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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BOOK FIVE COPYEDITS DONE

my book about an angry & unwell trans boy, his serial killer father & controlling mother, true crime, social media, and the way that kids are failed by the adults around them…. it’s COMPLETE!! ITS DONE!!

I can finally play video games again 😭😭
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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A message from the Paralives team:
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social
well well well - looks like YOU WEREN’T MEANT TO BE HUMAN was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Awards in Horror!

If you liked this miserable & cruel little shitshow about trans men’s invisibility in discussions of pregnancy, I’d be honored if you voted 🫵✨💕
A green and yellow-themed graphic reading ITS TIME TO VOTE! Goodreads choice awards nominee, best horror: You Weren’t Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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THE CAMPAIGN 4 TRAILER IS HERE ⚔️ 🧭 🪶

Join us this October 2nd as Game Master Brennan Lee Mulligan weaves a far-reaching tale of disparate souls connecting across the fractured world of Aramán!

LEARN MORE ABOUT C4 ⬇️
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WATCH THE C4 TRAILER ON YOUTUBE ⬇️
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September 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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YWMTBH is an INSTANT BESTSELLER!

In this day and age, a horror novel BY and ABOUT a disabled trans man - tackling pregnancy as violence, the necessity of abortion, and the right to CHOOSE - hitting a list? It feels like a miracle.

Everyone, thank you so much 🪱
A graphic with the cover of YOU WERENT MEANT TO BE HUMAN underneath the words “INSTANT BESTSELLER.” A graphic showing YWMTBH at #24 on the USA Today list, and #11 on the Indie list.
September 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social
BEAST//WARDEN drafting begins this week 🍂🌾🪦

hope y’all are ready for a monstrously complicated Stone Age YA fantasy about disability, ableism, messy teen attempts at polyamory, and the meaning of sacrifice for the greater good.
A graphic with a dark, gloomy forest background. The text reads: “1. BEAST. It’s twilight when the woman finds us. Dead. In the underbrush. My hand in his.”
September 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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If you can stomach it, I hope this book makes you feel seen - or teaches you something new.

Find a place to pick it up here:

www.simonandschuster.com/books/You-We...
You Weren't Meant to Be Human
Alien meets Midsommar in this chilling debut adult novel from award-winning author Andrew Joseph White about identity, survival, and transformation...
www.simonandschuster.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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I can talk about what the book is About all day. But just know that this was written as a snapshot of my feelings the day that Roe V Wade was overturned. It’s filthy, violent, disgusting, and while none of this happened to me, emotionally it’s the truest thing I’ve ever written.
Text reading: Festering masses of worms and flies have taken root in dark corners across Appalachia. In exchange for unwavering loyalty and fresh corpses, these hives offer a few struggling humans salvation. A fresh start. It’s an offer that none refuse. Crane is grateful. Among his hive’s followers, Crane has found a chance to transition, to never speak again, to live a life that won’t destroy him. He even met Levi: a handsome ex-Marine and brutal killer who treats him like a real man, mostly. But when Levi gets Crane pregnant—and the hive demands the child’s birth, no matter the cost—Crane’s desperation to make it stop will drive the community that saved him into a devastating spiral that can only end in blood. You Weren’t Meant to Be Human is a deeply personal horror; a visceral statement about the lives of marginalized people in a hostile world, echoing the works of Stephen Graham Jones and Eric LaRocca.
September 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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YOU WEREN’T MEANT TO BE HUMAN is out today 🪱

My horror novel about worms, cults, unwanted pregnancy, Roe V Wade, undiagnosed autism, and trans men’s invisibility in discussions about reproductive justice…

I can’t believe it’s on shelves. Thank you ALL 😩💕
A pale hand holding a copy of YOU WERENT MEANT TO BE HUMAN by Andrew Joseph White against a black sweatshirt.
September 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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narration by max meyers, who - by the way - is amazing and deserves the WORLD
September 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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hey. hey. want to hear a snippet of the YOU WERENT MEANT TO BE HUMAN audiobook????
September 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social
turned in dev edits for YOURE NO BETTER on Friday, which means I get to start working on my Stone Age polyamorous fantasy-horror 😎
September 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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signing YWMTBH preorders today ✌️
A cart full of copies of YWMTBH, each with a “worm on a string” tucked inside Me, a masked guy with blond hair, doing a peace sign in front of the cart of YWMTBH copies
September 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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check out the town plaza’s newest building: Market Antiques ⋆˙⟡
September 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social
YOU WERENT MEANT TO BE HUMAN got its SECOND star, this one from Booklist!! 🌟

“White’s adult debut is brutal…but encapsulates the best of the modern horror genre.”

My horror novel about a trans man’s unwanted pregnancy comes out in ONE WEEK and I am not nervous at all 😩
A screenshot of the Booklist page, showing the cover of YOU WERENT MEANT TO BE HUMAN beside a Star.
September 3, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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🫵 this book has made at least three readers physically ill btw

www.simonandschuster.com/books/You-We...
You Weren't Meant to Be Human
Alien meets Midsommar in this chilling debut adult novel from award-winning author Andrew Joseph White about identity, survival, and transformation...
www.simonandschuster.com
August 31, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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like. am I nervous?? of course. but I hope trans people like me feel seen and heard, and I hope people who have never thought about trans men’s place in reproductive discussions discover a new viewpoint 🥺💕

either way, I hope you also feel SICK too b/c this thing is rancid lmao
August 31, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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YOU WERENT MEANT TO BE HUMAN comes out in 9 days 🪱

still can’t believe I wrote a horror novel to explore my fear of pregnancy & childbirth as a transgender man post-Roe V Wade, it sold for six figures to a huge publisher, and it’s gonna be on shelves so soon. what the fuck
A stack of identical black books—YOU WERENT MEANT TO BE HUMAN—showing their red sprayed edges in a bookstore. One is facing front, showing the title and worms on the cover.
August 31, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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YOU WERENT MEANT TO BE HUMAN BOOK LAUNCH 🔥

If you’re in the Northern Virginia area, come see me + my wife talk about my adult horror debut - about Roe V Wade, transness, autism, & worms 🫵🪱

16 days until release, and there are only 27 seats left! Registration required!!
A white and red graphic featuring the cover of YOU WERENT MEANT TO BE HUMAN, my headshot, my wife’s headshot, and the following info: “BOOK LAUNCH: ANDREW JOSEPH WHITE in conversation with Alice Scott. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 | 7PM @ CHANTILLY REGIONAL LIBRARY.”
August 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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24 days out from release, and my “nauseating,” “filthy” horror novel, about a transgender man forced to carry a pregnancy to term after the fall of Roe V Wade (at the behest of corpse-eating alien worms), is home 🥹
A copy of YOU WEREN'T MEANT TO BE HUMAN by Andrew Joseph White - with a black worm-smattered cover, cream-colored gothic text, and red sprayed edges - is held up in front of an old light blue shed door. The back of the book is shown, showing blurbs. Some of the text reads, "Relentlessly bleak and harrowing, White's brutal adult debut also somehow manages to be deeply, devastatingly empathetic." (Kiersten White) and "White captures a beautifully disgusting world that’s all too familiar to neurodivergent and trans individuals, with a plot that offers nothing but shocking pleasure with each page turn." (Linden Lewis) The front inside flap of the book is shown, showing the pitch copy. The pitch copy does not fit in the alt text, and can be found in the link in the second tweet. The back inside flap of the book is shown, showing the author portrait and bio. The author is a white trans man wearing a bandana and all-black; the photo is in tinted black and white. The bio reads, "Andrew Joseph White is the trans, autistic, and bestselling author of Hell Followed With Us, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth, and Compound Fracture. Born and raised in the Shenandoah Valley, he received his MFA in creative writing from George Mason University and lives in Virginia with his wife and their antisocial cat. Learn more at AndrewJosephWhite.com."
August 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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YWMTBH EXCERPT 🪱

Want to read chapter 3 of my adult horror debut YOU WERENT MEANT TO BE HUMAN? Want to meet Crane, the mute, reclusive, and very autistic protagonist of my heart?

B&N just posted a sneak peek! 👀💕
www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/you-wer...
Prepare For Scares: A Chilling Excerpt from Andrew Joseph White's You Weren’t Meant to Be Human - B&N Reads
In You Weren’t Meant to Be Human, Andrew Joseph White delivers a raw and visceral body horror that explores the meaning of identity with a healthy dose of scares. The novel arrives on September 9th, s...
www.barnesandnoble.com
August 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM