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trans micro press ♡ DEMON ENGINE by Marten Norr out now!
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"Gruesome and perverse," one reviewer says. Really happy to see ppl grabbing some physical copies of EUSECT this month, as its really pretty. (gross). 🔪❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
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🎨by @seraphim777s.bsky.social
Interior of C.L. Methvin's EUSECT. Collage art by Florian Fauna. Cover for C.L. Methvin's horror collection, EUSECT. The inside of a dog's mouth. Predominant colors are flesh, bone, and pus color. Gouache painting by Dusty Ray. Book published by tRaum Books.
November 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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DEMON ENGINE by Marten Norr, is only one rating away from 50 on Goodreads! 🥹🙏Thank you everyone who has rated this nautical t4t wonder and if you haven't had a chance to check it out yet, the audio book is really fantastic!!
GR 📚: tinyurl.com/mr4bwx4m
🐙📚: traumbooks.com/demon-engine/
Cover for Marten Norr's nautical t4t horror-fantasy, DEMON ENGINE. Organic vines mingle in a frame with machine and copper elements. In the background is the sea. Story follows a haunted nautical demon summoner who must work together with the Navy who once destroyed his life, on a dubious mission. Cover designed by Marten Norr. Book released by tRaum Books.
October 30, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Aaaaand finally, READ AND THEN BURN THIS, by R Merey~an explicit novella about a male dancer living in intense bad faith with his own body and desires.
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Cover for R Merey's novella, READ AND THEN BURN THIS (Fall). A very thin male torso with arms posed over the head. The body is mostly obscured by shadows. Photo by TONA. Book released by tRaum Books.
October 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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No fall tRaum list would be complete without DARKNESSES!! A unique, modern Dracula retelling where THE vampire's latest manifestation, Laura, falls in love with a cult survivor trying to piece her life back together.
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Cover of Lachelle Seville's debut novel, Darknesses. A Dracula retelling, following the meeting of Laura, Dracula's latest manifestation, and Oasis, a survivor of a dangerous self-harm cult who is trying to get her life back in order. Cover image: A young Black woman runs from a city--her body is covered in scars and angel wings sprout from her back. Bats swarm after her. Released by tRaum Books.
October 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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IT HELPS WITH THE BLUES, by @bryanonion.bsky.social is a quiet, contemplative read, perfect for fall. (And the audiobook version is coming out very soon! 👀) "infused with midwestern atmosphere, but relatable to anyone who's been any sort of teenager in any place."
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Cover for Bryan Cebulski's short novel, IT HELPS WITH THE BLUES, following a loose group of Midwestern queer kids and their individual reactions to a classmate's suicide. A tumblerful of whiskey sits on a balcony railing, with a suburban evening scene beyond it. Cover art by Oliver. Book released by tRaum Books.
October 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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CORRUPTED VESSELS by @flameswallower.bsky.social , about a tiny cult of trans kids that goes horribly wrong, is well worth a read if you haven't gotten to it yet. Beautiful decay prose at its finest~~
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Cover for Briar Ripley Page's horror novella, Corrupted Vessels. A young person's face melts into a pile of goo, eyes, tentacles and maggots. The story follows an enigmatic young trans person who tries to recruit a new member into their tiny cult of two, with disastrous results. Cover art by Ryszard Merey. Book released by tRaum Books.
October 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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What are our books that feel like late fall? 🧵
EUSECT, by @hypetaph.bsky.social "from cosmic horror to deep sea horror to gruesome body horror, there’s something here for everybody who enjoys the macabre."
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Cover for C.L. Methvin's extreme horror short story collection, EUSECT. A gouache painting of the inside of a canine's mouth, focusing on the teeth. Main colors are flesh, pus, bone and black color. Art by Dusty Ray. Interior collage art by Florian S. Fauna. Book released by tRaum Books.
October 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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🎇Happy Birthday, MAEJ!!!🎇Wishing a happy first year birthday to this gorgeous monster AKA the longest book in our lineup!! If you haven't read it yet, take a chance!
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(Only $1 now, on ITCH or PAYHIP 🎇)
Cover of Dale Stromberg's high fantasy debut, MAEJ. Feminine statues converge, amongst gryphons and ships, seemingly carved from stone. This story features a magical matriarchy with a terrible secret, and four women whose lives come together in the act of saving a child. Cover designed by Rachel A. Rosen. Published by tRaum Books.
October 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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❣️🦇 DARKNESSES Revamp?!? ❣️🦇
This is something I've been wanting to do forever!
DARKNESSES by Lachelle Sevill got a long-deserved remaster, and the newest version is only $1 for the rest of the month!

Itch: traumbooks.itch.io/darknesses
Payhip: payhip.com/b/Ahyze
A young Black woman runs from a city in a torn sheet-like dress, covering her scarred-up body. Bats fly after her and angel wings sprout from her back. As she runs, she reaches towards the sky. Cover for Lachelle Seville's DARKNESSES, a modern retelling of DRACULA, following a cult-survivor, Oasis, who falls in love with a mysterious young woman who is Dracula's latest incarnation... Book released by tRaum Books.
October 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Only a few days now until they announce the Lambda winners -----sweat----- Nervous, elated, and very excited still that LOVE/AGGRESSION is in the running, so here's a quick few-day sale!! All ebooks, both platforms, are 50% off 🔽🔽

ITCH: traumbooks.itch.io
PAYHIP: payhip.com/tRaumBooks
Screenshot of our books on our Payhip store. Currently all of our ebooks on both ITCH IO and PAYHIP are 50% off to honor the upcoming Lambda announcement of their award winners. Love/Aggression, by June Martin, published by us in 2024, is a finalist for Best Transgender Fiction. Wishing luck to all the excellent entries, but especially to June!!!! <3
October 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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So jazzed that DEMON ENGINE is close to 50 ratings on GR!
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'Such a fun read!! Especially out loud with a partner or someone to make funny voices reading dialog from the various characters. The audio book is fantastic as well, if you don't got a reading buddy.'
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Cover for Marten Norr's fantasy body-horror-ish debut, DEMON ENGINE. A very talented, very troubled sea-demon binder must work with a Navy that ruined his life, and complete a dangerous mission. Featuring ghosts, eldritch horrors and sentient meat rooms! The cover features organic sinews intertwined with brass gears and a frame around the title and author name. The sea is in the background. Cover by Marten Norr. Book released by tRaum Books. Audiobook also available.
September 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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I don't care to make HP/JK any kind of yardstick for good, but this excellent review cracked me up: This book is so incredible with the most amazing characters it would put that TERF in a grave of black mold if she read it.
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Full review: tinyurl.com/52vamcht
The cover for Marten Norr's nautical bodyhorror-ish trans fantasy, DEMON ENGINE. Organic veins mingle with brass gears and a frame around the title and author name. Ocean water makes the background. Cover designed by Marten Norr. Book released by tRaum Books.
September 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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We were not aware there was a limit to units sold so EUSECT has been showing up as SOLD OUT for some days :x but that limit has been lifted. It's back up on Payhip, along with all of our other books. Everything still 50% off~~! 📚
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Cover for C.L. Methvin's horror collection, EUSECT. Featuring the inside of a canine's wet mouth, with teeth. Gouache art by Dusty Ray. Interior illustrations by Florian Fauna. Book released by tRaum Books. Screenshot of tRaum Books' Payhip landing page. All books are currently 50% off, including our newest release, a nautical trans fantasy, by Marten Norr.
August 31, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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You read DEMON ENGINE and you loved DEMON ENGINE, but you wished you could've spent a lil more time with Sally and Mary? Author @martennorr.bsky.social has written a short supplement story you can find on the book's webpage!! 👀🐙 traumbooks.com/demon-engine/
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Cover for Marten Norr's nautical fantasy, DEMON ENGINE. Organic veins and sinews intertwine with metallic gears and a frame around the author's name and book's title. In the background is the sea. Cover designed by Marten Norr. Book released by tRaum Books. Summary of DEMON ENGINE, on a parchment-like paper. In the background is the sea. The paper says: Sally Delavega, the best demon-binder the world has ever seen, would do anything to banish the two hundred ghosts trapped in his head—even if it means swimming up from the bottom of his tankard. When the Navy that destroyed his life comes sailing back to offer enough coin to get the job done, Sally agrees. All he has to do is help the crew of the Steadfast track down the ancient abyssal that lies sleeping at the heart of their drowned world. Why the Navy wants the demon isn’t Sally’s problem. But as they sail on, Sally begins to dredge up disturbing truths about how the world flooded and their ancient eldritch quarry that might just want to be found… Imaginative and poignant, funny and bizarre, Demon Engine brings us a bold, queer high-seas adventure that asks how deep we might venture for what we aren’t willing to lose.
August 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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To celebrate June's nomination as a Lambda finalist for Love/Aggression, we will keep our sale going on Payhip for now. 🎇 You can grab many of our titles for cheaper, and a couple of them for free! payhip.com/tRaumBooks
A screenshot of our Payhip store's landing page. Book titles, with the first row featuring Demon Engine, Darknesses, Eusect and Love/Aggression. All books right now are 50% off.
August 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Had to freshen up my @kithbooks.bsky.social collection, so I grabbed the following volumes this last month. 🥹 I love the design of these chapbooks---read Mall Water so far and it is excellent 👾👾👾👾
Three poetry chapbooks by indie publisher Kith Books--- Swarm, poems by NDR, Jump Cut, by Helen Gu, and Mall Water, by Jenna Jaco. Cover for Jenna Jaco's poetry chapbook, Mall Water. A chaotic and surreal interior mall scene with bright colors. Book is published by Kith Books.
July 31, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Had some great support for DEMON ENGINE over on our new store, so thanks for that! 🐙You still have a bit of time to grab an audio or e version of this book for cheap, if you've been meaning to check it out---Nautical! Body-horror! High-seas adventure~~ payhip.com/b/hWC5V
Cover for Marten Norr's nautical body-horror ish fantasy, DEMON ENGINE, about a troubled and talented demon summoner who must work together with the Navy who once ruined his life, to free himself from the ghosts in his head. The cover features organic and brass tendrils intertwined around the book's title and the author's name. The sea is in the background. Cover designed by Marten Norr. Book published by tRaum Books.
July 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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I once saw a tweet from June saying she would print her novel LOVE/AGGRESSION out page by page, and paste them on posts, if that's what it took to get it out there. Now, it's a Lambda finalist. I couldn't be more proud of how far this book has come! 💥
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Cover for June Martin's surreal debut novel, Love/Aggression. The stylized profiles of two women facing off from each other. Dominant colors are dark green, purple and neon green.
July 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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"While I enjoyed all of the stories, my favourites are definitely Eusect, which explores self-amputation and body integrity identity disorder. Every story is so expertly performed and delivered that it brings life to the already exceptionally well-written short stories." 👀🔪🙏
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Interior illustration for C.L. Methvin's extreme horror collection, EUSECT. A collage of anatomical leg drawings and a cat. An illustration by Florian S. Fauna, for a short story exploring a self-amputation. Cover image for C.L. Methvin's extreme horror collection, EUSECT. Gouache painting by Dusty Ray, featuring the inside of a canine's mouth. Dominant colors are flesh, bone and black dewflaps. Book published by tRaum Books. This book is now available also as an audio book, performed by Edward Baker.
July 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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"We live in a truly amazing time for horror media in all forms, and I'm so glad to see evocative and unique anthologies such as EUSECT." Really glad to see that people are still checking out this excellent and gross little collection! 🔪💥
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Front cover for C.L. Methvin's horror short story collection, EUSECT. Dominant colors are flesh, tar, and pus color. Cover shows the inside of a canine's mouth, with focus on the teeth. Cover art by Dusty Ray. Book published by tRaum Books. EUSECT is an extreme horror collection. Interior collage illustrations by Florian S. Fauna. This is the illustration for the story Ximena's Fall, about a woman who keeps dying in an increasingly publicized way. A feminine figure stands in front of a radio ? TV? Laptop? Implied hair and blood swishes and splatters all over.
July 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Beautifully written and beautifully disgusting! I loved this anorexia x cannibalism love story from @miseryvulture.bsky.social and the book's design by @eyerarat.bsky.social is great too! You can ding the author for your own copy <333333333
Cover of an erotic cannibalism x anorexia horror love story Fleischerei, by Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin. Dark rusty red 'German Gothic' esque font against a pink background, with a wound in the shape of a stylized heart in the middle of the cover, and a single drop of blood. The book is palm-sized and neatly fits in your hand!
July 7, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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The audio book for DEMON ENGINE is really so great, so for this month, we're doing a half-off on it over on Itch!! If you've been wanting to check it out, now's a great chance 🐙🥹
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Cover for Marten Norr's nautical horrorish fantasy, DEMON ENGINE. Organic sinews combine with brass and copper vines in a frame around the book's title and author's name. In the background is the sea. Cover designed by Marten Norr and book published by tRaum Books.
July 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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"There's gore, but it's written artistically--almost beautifully. I'm definitely going to pick up the author's other book and keep an eye out for any new ones." Love this latest review for @hypetaph.bsky.social 's EUSECT ❣️🙏🔪
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Cover for C.L. Methvin's horror short story collection, EUSECT. Cover art by Dusty Ray features a gouache painting of the inside of a canine's mouth. Focus on teeth and wet dewflaps and meat. Predominant colors are flesh, bone and pus color. Book published by tRaum Books. Interior art by Florian Fauna.
June 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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We're always so pumped to see our books featured in a bookshop as a favorite!! This is QUERY, from @zillanovikov.bsky.social hanging out on a bookshelf in Bookshop Santa Cruz. You can grab your own copy here:
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A picture of Zilla Novikov's novella, QUERY, on a bookshelf in Bookshop Santa Cruz, with a bookshop staff favorite note on it. The note says: Query, by Zilla Novikov What begins as a series of query letters for the author's genre-bending eco fiction novel rapidly morphs into a confession of her fears about the future and glimpses into the alternate realities inhabited by her fictional characters. By turns funny, desperate and touching, the meta-fictional novella is a bracing reminder that doing the work is the only validation necessary. --Laurel
June 25, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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"This hits similar spots in the brain to Robert Jackson Bennett and deftly does what Gene Wolfe couldn't. I'm always here for some deep sea horror and Demon Engine delivers it in spades." What a great review and it's still just one buck to grab a copy!
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Organic vines entwine with gears and brass on a frame surrounding the book title and author name: DEMON ENGINE, by Marten Norr. This is a deep sea queer adventure, with body horror elements and a fast but intricate plot. Featuring a gifted and haunted trans masc sea demon binder who must work together on a dangerous mission with a talented trans femme demon summoner, but the positions traditionally repel each other and their ruler's motives seem to be very questionable.... Published by tRaum books.
June 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM