To Chris, for continually saying yes. I could not have pushed the book into its truest, strangest form without your guidance. To Yuka, for helping me take this apart and put it back together. Your attention allowed for the book’s deepest manifestation.

To my trans and queer community, for everything.

About the Author

© J. Aharonov

JOSS LAKE is a trans writer and educator based in New York whose work has been supported by Queens Council on the Arts, Women & Performance, the Watermill Center, and Columbia University. He runs a literary sauna series called Trans at Rest. This is his debut novel.