by Ryka Aoki
First published 2024
This collection brings together nineteen transfem writers who push cyberpunk into uncharted territory. The stories span from gender-affirming cybernetic enhancements that reshape bodies and identities to surveillance systems that monitor literary expression. Characters navigate worlds where hive-minds offer transcendent connection while artificial intelligences achieve consciousness in unexpected forms, including a transgender coffee machine discovering its identity. Some tales weaponize internet culture itself, turning shitposts into literal weapons. The anthology features established voices like Ryka Aoki alongside emerging talents including Elly Bangs, Maya Deane, Hailey Piper, and Izzy Wasserstein. Each story examines how technology transforms both physical bodies and mental landscapes, questioning the boundaries between human and machine, individual and collective consciousness. These writers reclaim cyberpunk's core themes while centering transgender experiences and perspectives that traditional science fiction often overlooks.
Genres: science-fiction, cyberpunk, transgender
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, reclaimed-genre
Paperback · Neon Hemlock
Content warnings: explicit-sexual-content