Two trans teens end up in a small, isolated town, where they must escape the locals who plan to sacrifice one of them to an ancient monster that only eats girls...
Two transgender teens end up in a small, isolated town, where they must escape the locals who plan to sacrifice one of them to an ancient monster that only eats girls. A pulse-pounding thriller perfect for fans of Midsommar and Hell Followed with Us!
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Erin and Max are two transgender teens trying to get to California. Max is desperate to finally transition, and Erin is longing to understand why she's on this trip to begin with. The last she spoke to Max was when he suddenly broke up with her two years ago.
But when they find themselves stranded in the middle of the woods in a small Kentucky town, they realize they have much bigger problems. The locals need a female sacrifice for the monster that lives in the woods-according to them, the sun won't come up again until the monster eats a girl . . . and it only eats what it kills. Fighting back is futile; no one selected as the offering has ever survived the night.
When the two strangers show up, the locals believe they have the perfect candidate. The irony of the situation is almost too much to fathom.
The thing is, the locals don't know who they just trapped as their sacrifice. They don't know Erin's and Max's secrets, which could be a death sentence on a good day. And the monster that lives in their woods has never faced prey who have already fought so hard to live.
"Terrifying, tender, and unflinchingly honest. Old Woundsdemands your attention from the very first page and never lets up." Rory Power,New York Timesbestselling author of Wilder Girls
"Wholly original, endlessly subversive and genuinely terrifying." Laura Steven, author of The Society for Soulless Girls
"A terrifying, masterful debut...Old Woundsis a gripping exploration of gender, sacrifice and the real monsters we're running from." Lex Croucher
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About Logan-Ashley Kisner
Logan-Ashley Kisner is a trans and queer author born, raised and still residing within Las Vegas, Nevada. He has a BA in Creative Writing and minored in Film Studies at UNLV. On top of being an author, he is also a transgender horror historian, cat dad, and horror addict (his favorites include Ginger Snaps, the Evil Dead series and Sleepaway Camp).
