You Weren't Meant to Be Human
$39.99
- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
29 December 2025
Summary
This grotesque adult horror explores unwanted pregnancy through the parasitic terror of Leech and Brainwyrms, screaming with trans rage as queer and reproductive rights erode.
Alien meets Midsommar in this chilling debut adult novel from award-winning author Andrew Joseph White about identity, survival, and transformation amidst an alien invasion in rural West Virginia.
Festering masses of worms and flies have taken root in dark corners across Appalachia. In exchange for unwav…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781837841004 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1837841004 |
| Author: | Andrew Joseph White |
| Publisher: | Daphne Press |
| Imprint: | Daphne Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 29 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 750g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 302mm |
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Critics Review
Praise for You Weren’t Meant to be Human:
“One the most talented, subversive and important voices in horror right now. This book is absolutely not for the faint of heart, but I can’t recommend it highly enough.“—Grimdark Magazine
“A tenderly beating, bloody heart of a novel. Relentlessly bleak and harrowing, White’s brutal adult debut also somehow manages to be deeply, devastatingly empathetic.” -Kiersten White, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hide and Lucy Undying
“Gruesome and unrelenting, Andrew Joseph White’s adult debut is a masterpiece of horror. White dares you to accept Crane’s humanity when all the veneers of politeness are stripped away, capturing the intersection of the alienation of neurodivergence and the pain of dysphoria with unflinching honesty.” –K. M. Enright, Sunday Times Bestselling author of Mistress of Lies“You Weren’t Meant to be Human is dysphoria bound into words. Andrew Joseph 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, author of The First Sister“White wields prose like a scalpel, cutting deep and spilling guts with gruesome precision.” -Kirkus Reviews“White’s latest is a stunning testament to the intertwining realities of politics and queerness.” -Publishers Weekly“Andrew Joseph White continues to deliver sharp, compelling writing…There hasn’t been a novel from White that I haven’t loved.” -The Southern Bookseller Review
Praise for the author:“A long, sustained scream to the various strains of anti-transgender legislation multiplying around the world like, well, a virus.” -The New York Times“A defining voice of our generation.” -H.E. Edgmon, author of Godly Heathens and Merciless Saviors
“White wields prose like a scalpel, cutting deep and spilling guts with gruesome precision… Visceral and vindicating.” -Kirkus Reviews
About The Author
Andrew Joseph White
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.
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