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Kelly Haworth provides a reading from her novel, Y Negative.
Book Blurb:
In the last surviving cities of a ruined
world, the concept of “woman” has been forgotten to history. Those unfortunate
enough to lack a Y chromosome live as second-class citizens in a world
dominated by mascs.
Ember is Y negative. He is scorned, bullied, abused by every masc he encounters, at work and at the gym. Not even his Y negative roommate cuts him any slack. He wants so desperately to be accepted as a masc that he’d rather buy black market testosterone than food. Something’s gotta give—he needs a change in his life, but has no idea how to find it.
Jess is a masc with a passion for studying the recovery of their devastated world. His boyfriend is pressuring him for more commitment, and his father expects him to take over the family business. He can’t wait to get away from civilization for his seasonal research out in the wild.
Ember is Y negative. He is scorned, bullied, abused by every masc he encounters, at work and at the gym. Not even his Y negative roommate cuts him any slack. He wants so desperately to be accepted as a masc that he’d rather buy black market testosterone than food. Something’s gotta give—he needs a change in his life, but has no idea how to find it.
Jess is a masc with a passion for studying the recovery of their devastated world. His boyfriend is pressuring him for more commitment, and his father expects him to take over the family business. He can’t wait to get away from civilization for his seasonal research out in the wild.
When Jess offers Ember a job, their lives collide in the isolated wasteland, and their initial attraction turns into a relationship that horrifies those around them. Soon their struggle to stay together and to be who they are turns into a fight for their lives.
Listen to Special Narration of Y Negative by Kelly Haworth
Author Bio:
Kelly Haworth grew up in San Francisco and
has been reading science fiction and fantasy classics since she was a kid. She
developed way too active an imagination as a result, thus, she started writing.
Being genderfluid and pansexual, she loves to write LGBTQ+ characters in genres
such as science fiction with diverse aliens, and urban fantasies with shifters
and fire sorcerers. With degrees in both genetics and psychology, she works as
a project manager at a genetics lab. When not working or writing, she can be
found wrangling her toddler, working on cosplay, or curled up on the couch with
a good TV show or book.
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