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30 SLEIGHTS FOR THE MODERN TRANSSEXUAL by @leoleventhal.bsky.social
frantically running past several famous landmarks this evening. i look great in the ballgown even after having ripped various parts of it off (for better running)
October 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
30 SLEIGHTS FOR THE MODERN TRANSSEXUAL by @leoleventhal.bsky.social
Doctors keep sending this to us saying “if you’re depressed you should go to gunckel’s service” and for the last fucking time, but doctors, we-
(Crow bursts from the egg of my heart and bangs against the walls of my chest cavity until it finds the wet release of my throat to squeeze up and out of)
(Crow bursts from the egg of my heart and bangs against the walls of my chest cavity until it finds the wet release of my throat to squeeze up and out of)
August 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Doctors keep sending this to us saying “if you’re depressed you should go to gunckel’s service” and for the last fucking time, but doctors, we-
(Crow bursts from the egg of my heart and bangs against the walls of my chest cavity until it finds the wet release of my throat to squeeze up and out of)
(Crow bursts from the egg of my heart and bangs against the walls of my chest cavity until it finds the wet release of my throat to squeeze up and out of)
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This morning’s long weekend leisure reading. Would love to know about more trans authors who are self publishing printed zines/chapbooks. Drop your recommendations here. (I stay up on digital self publishing. I’m wanting more material objects.)
August 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This morning’s long weekend leisure reading. Would love to know about more trans authors who are self publishing printed zines/chapbooks. Drop your recommendations here. (I stay up on digital self publishing. I’m wanting more material objects.)
We found ONE MORE COPY of 30 Sleights and it is on sale at Myopic Books RIGHT NOW. Call the store to put it on hold. First come first serve.
August 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
We found ONE MORE COPY of 30 Sleights and it is on sale at Myopic Books RIGHT NOW. Call the store to put it on hold. First come first serve.
GUNKHOLE X FIO 2025 (we just made the poster but this IS a key part of the NYC-Chicago Emergency Hotline System)
FIGURE IT OUT returns next Thursday! Same old roof, four fantastic new readers! @vivoblivion.bsky.social @yagye0n.bsky.social @supermattachine.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
GUNKHOLE X FIO 2025 (we just made the poster but this IS a key part of the NYC-Chicago Emergency Hotline System)
Receiving reports that there are only 3 copies left in stock! Swing by the world’s best bookstore from 12-8 to grab one before they’re gone.
If you missed out on preordering, the remaining copies of the second printing are available EXCLUSIVELY in person at Myopic Books in Chicago. This book and press wouldn’t exist without the constant support and encouragement of the Myopic crew; it’s an honor to have a place on their shelves at last.
August 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Receiving reports that there are only 3 copies left in stock! Swing by the world’s best bookstore from 12-8 to grab one before they’re gone.
(1/2) Endless thanks to everyone who helped sell out the first edition of 30 SLEIGHTS FOR THE MODERN TRANSSEXUAL in 2 hours!! We were completely blown away. If you preordered a copy of the second edition, it’s headed your way RIGHT NOW.
August 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
(1/2) Endless thanks to everyone who helped sell out the first edition of 30 SLEIGHTS FOR THE MODERN TRANSSEXUAL in 2 hours!! We were completely blown away. If you preordered a copy of the second edition, it’s headed your way RIGHT NOW.
leo blood edition is going to the highest bidder and we're starting at $500. what sicko out there wants to fund our next release
Who wants the copy that has a little bit of my blood on it. Leo blood edition. Clone ur own leo
August 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
leo blood edition is going to the highest bidder and we're starting at $500. what sicko out there wants to fund our next release
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If you bought a copy of 30 Sleights from the second run you should have an email with tracking info waiting for u :) they’re going out tomorrow ! Enjoy you little gluttons !
August 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
If you bought a copy of 30 Sleights from the second run you should have an email with tracking info waiting for u :) they’re going out tomorrow ! Enjoy you little gluttons !
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All authors published by gunkhole have to get “industrious burnout” tattooed across their throat
July 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
All authors published by gunkhole have to get “industrious burnout” tattooed across their throat
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advertise your book with cover and content warnings only
• closeup magic
• stage magic
• gay shit for fags and faguettes
leoleventhal.itch.io/30sleights
• closeup magic
• stage magic
• gay shit for fags and faguettes
leoleventhal.itch.io/30sleights
July 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
advertise your book with cover and content warnings only
• closeup magic
• stage magic
• gay shit for fags and faguettes
leoleventhal.itch.io/30sleights
• closeup magic
• stage magic
• gay shit for fags and faguettes
leoleventhal.itch.io/30sleights
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Fantastic acquisitions today. Tip your local pizza boy so he can buy $1 CDs and transgender literature.
July 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Fantastic acquisitions today. Tip your local pizza boy so he can buy $1 CDs and transgender literature.
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Only two copies left 🤪 they call me “the girl who sold a surprising amount of copies of a hand bound book of weird short fiction”
The book btw, free to download but only 4 copies left in the second run of the riso-printed, hand bound physical edition
30 Sleights for the Modern Transsexual by Leo Leventhal, Gunkhole Press
leoleventhal.itch.io
July 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Only two copies left 🤪 they call me “the girl who sold a surprising amount of copies of a hand bound book of weird short fiction”
great thread if you are interested in our process or in modern tv westerns
I am in bookbinding withdrawals from finishing the first run of 30 Sleights and waiting for @wanlittlehusk.bsky.social to print out the second tn so here’s a thread on bookbinding
July 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
great thread if you are interested in our process or in modern tv westerns
Look at all these beautiful books ready to go!
If u bought a copy from the first run of 30 Sleights, you should’ve just received an email from me with tracking info, and your book will be shipping out tomorrow :)
June 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Look at all these beautiful books ready to go!
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ahhhhhhh yessss must-buy
30 Sleights for the Modern Transsexual, Leo Leventhal's debut collection of linked short stories, is a house of cards collapsing in slow motion. Learn the secrets of coin tricks, riverboat gambling, and killing your past self; everything you need to survive the cutthroat world of trans stage magic.
June 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
ahhhhhhh yessss must-buy
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Leo is one of my funniest friends and I love this little book she wrote! very delightful & surreal
30 Sleights for the Modern Transsexual, Leo Leventhal's debut collection of linked short stories, is a house of cards collapsing in slow motion. Learn the secrets of coin tricks, riverboat gambling, and killing your past self; everything you need to survive the cutthroat world of trans stage magic.
June 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Leo is one of my funniest friends and I love this little book she wrote! very delightful & surreal
INSANE UPDATE: we sold out of our first print run! Thank you all for your support and excitement. We've added a pre-order link for the next batch, which will be finished later in July. You can also always grab a name-your-price PDF if you're impatient. leoleventhal.itch.io/30sleights
June 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
INSANE UPDATE: we sold out of our first print run! Thank you all for your support and excitement. We've added a pre-order link for the next batch, which will be finished later in July. You can also always grab a name-your-price PDF if you're impatient. leoleventhal.itch.io/30sleights
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6 physical copies left after I got one! Don't delay!
30 Sleights for the Modern Transsexual, Leo Leventhal's debut collection of linked short stories, is a house of cards collapsing in slow motion. Learn the secrets of coin tricks, riverboat gambling, and killing your past self; everything you need to survive the cutthroat world of trans stage magic.
June 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM
6 physical copies left after I got one! Don't delay!
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look look look i wrote a book :) and you can read it :) it is about the way we give ourselves to art and it gives us nothing back so we give and we give only losing and that is worthwhile and beautiful :) it is also about magic tricks :)
Hand-sewn and bound with dyed cheesecloth, the first physical edition of 30 Sleights... was risograph printed by Gunkhole Press in Chicago in Spring 2025 on found construction paper. You can order both physical copies and name-your-price downloads here: leoleventhal.itch.io/30sleights
30 Sleights for the Modern Transsexual by LeoLeventhal, Gunkhole Press
leoleventhal.itch.io
June 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
look look look i wrote a book :) and you can read it :) it is about the way we give ourselves to art and it gives us nothing back so we give and we give only losing and that is worthwhile and beautiful :) it is also about magic tricks :)
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Leo wrote a book and I designed and published it. Incredibly proud of her and us and making something with our hands. This one is special.
30 Sleights for the Modern Transsexual, Leo Leventhal's debut collection of linked short stories, is a house of cards collapsing in slow motion. Learn the secrets of coin tricks, riverboat gambling, and killing your past self; everything you need to survive the cutthroat world of trans stage magic.
June 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Leo wrote a book and I designed and published it. Incredibly proud of her and us and making something with our hands. This one is special.
30 Sleights for the Modern Transsexual, Leo Leventhal's debut collection of linked short stories, is a house of cards collapsing in slow motion. Learn the secrets of coin tricks, riverboat gambling, and killing your past self; everything you need to survive the cutthroat world of trans stage magic.
June 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
30 Sleights for the Modern Transsexual, Leo Leventhal's debut collection of linked short stories, is a house of cards collapsing in slow motion. Learn the secrets of coin tricks, riverboat gambling, and killing your past self; everything you need to survive the cutthroat world of trans stage magic.
Pretend you hold a deck of cards. Do not pick up a deck of cards no matter how convenient one may be. Feel the deck of cards in the palm of your dominant hand. Your hand is still, the stack is firm. Pinch either side of the deck with your thumb and forefinger, press harder than comes natural.
June 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Pretend you hold a deck of cards. Do not pick up a deck of cards no matter how convenient one may be. Feel the deck of cards in the palm of your dominant hand. Your hand is still, the stack is firm. Pinch either side of the deck with your thumb and forefinger, press harder than comes natural.
coming soon: some tricks up our sleeve.
June 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
coming soon: some tricks up our sleeve.