Persona

A trans woman discovers pornography of herself she has no memory of making, only to find herself led to an unimaginably deeper evil.

A feral shut-in discovers a disturbing internet porn video of what seems to be herself. A seance of coked-up artists summons unearthly forces in a studio apartment. The staircase of an exurban marketing company descends endlessly beneath the earth.

In Aoife Josie Clements’ electric, nightmarish, intricately layered novel, the impossibility of goodness crowds in upon two young trans women barely surviving on sex work and zero-hours contracts. Below the familiar evils of capitalism and the bottomless depths of internet culture, a darker horror awaits. What curse follows these women? What are they escaping? What are they running towards?

"The year's great work of literary horror." —Gretchen Felker-Martin, author of Manhunt

CIBA Booksellers' List Winter Pick • A Ms. Magazine Most Anticipated Feminist Book of 2026 • Publishers Weekly Editor’s Pick • A Lit Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2026 • Reactor Can’t Miss Indie Press Spec Fic Book • A Quill & Quire Spring 2026 Fiction Preview Book • As seen in Dirt and the Toronto Star • An Autostraddle Most Anticipated Queer Book for Jan 2026