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A groundbreaking memoir about being a trans teen.Warning: This book contains adult themes for readers aged16+ "Candid writing, playful artwork, and a riotous and fearlesslyreal story of figuring out that you're trans – this book willbring hope and comfort to so many." – Alice Oseman,bestselling author and illustrator of HEARTSTOPPER"Challenging and funny in equal measures [...] the juxtapositionof Hancox's animated illustrations with his raw accounts of the confusionof dysphoria is a potent combination." – Children'sBooks Ireland Lewis has a few things to say to his younger teen self.He knows she's confused about who to snog.He knows she's really a he and will ultimately realize this...But she's going to go through a whole lot of mess (some of itfunny, some of it not funny at all) to get to that point. Lewis istrying to tell her this ... but she's refusing to listen.In Welcome to St Hell, author-illustrator Lewis Hancoxtakes readers on the hilarious, heartbreaking and healing pathhe took to make it past trauma, confusion, hurt and dubious fashionchoices in order to become the man he was meant to be.  For fans of Heartstopper, FunHome and FlamerLewis Hancox is a trans influencer, filmmaker and illustratorA remarkable graphic memoir from an unmistakably bold new voicein comicsSuitable for ages 16+

MAN-MODE: ACTIVATEDEscape from St Hell is the life-affirming sequelto the Eisner Award-nominated graphic memoir, Welcometo St Hell, by author, illustrator and filmmaker, LewisHancox.We re-join Lewis on his transition journey as he leaves his smallNorthern hometown for university, and starts picking his waythrough life as an adult, beset with hilarious awkwardness,plaid shirts, and a second puberty. With the guidance and wisdom from his future self, Lewis navigateswhat it takes to become the man he wants to be – fromhis first chin hair to his first bromance. This funny and honestpersonal story shows what it truly means to find self-acceptance(and the perfect meltdown soundtrack).

'Outstandingly weird and memorable' GUARDIAN'Deliciously creepy' NEW SCIENTIST Fear never dies… Featuring stories from Susan Barker, J K Chukwu, Bridget Collins, Mariana Enríquez, Michel Faber, Lewis Hancox, Emilia Hart, Ainslie Hogarth, Robert Lautner, Adorah Nworah, Irenosen Okojie, Lucy Rose, Lionel Shriver, James Smythe, Lavie Tidhar, Francine Toon, Evie Wyld and Louisa Young. These stories from eighteen master storytellers will curdle your blood, haunt your dreams and redefine terror.From a hungry young woman who is not what she seems, to a boy who has taken his mother's advice a little too seriously; from disfigured girls willing to pay any price to fit in, to an immigrant who cannot escape his tormentor in his new home country; from a new home with a sinister secret, to the discovery that a long-dead parent’s corpse is perfectly preserved decades later; this collection plumbs the depths of the psyche and dredges up some very modern horrors. READERS ARE OBSESSED 'Stunning' 'Well-plotted and horrifying' 'Visceral, creepy, gory… stays in your head long after reading them' 'It's so satisfying to turn to the next story in an anthology like this and be pretty confident it's going to be a banger… bravo' 'Spine-tingling… I was gripped and it kept me up at night as I just wanted to read one more story' 'Often unusual, always unique… a wildly eclectic cornucopia of horror'

'Outstandingly weird and memorable' GUARDIAN'Deliciously creepy' NEW SCIENTIST Fear never dies… Featuring stories from Susan Barker, J K Chukwu, Bridget Collins, Mariana Enríquez, Michel Faber, Lewis Hancox, Emilia Hart, Ainslie Hogarth, Robert Lautner, Adorah Nworah, Irenosen Okojie, Lucy Rose, Lionel Shriver, James Smythe, Lavie Tidhar, Francine Toon, Evie Wyld and Louisa Young. These stories from eighteen master storytellers will curdle your blood, haunt your dreams and redefine terror.From a hungry young woman who is not what she seems, to a boy who has taken his mother's advice a little too seriously; from disfigured girls willing to pay any price to fit in, to an immigrant who cannot escape his tormentor in his new home country; from a new home with a sinister secret, to the discovery that a long-dead parent’s corpse is perfectly preserved decades later; this collection plumbs the depths of the psyche and dredges up some very modern horrors. READERS ARE OBSESSED 'Stunning' 'Well-plotted and horrifying' 'Visceral, creepy, gory… stays in your head long after reading them' 'It's so satisfying to turn to the next story in an anthology like this and be pretty confident it's going to be a banger… bravo' 'Spine-tingling… I was gripped and it kept me up at night as I just wanted to read one more story' 'Often unusual, always unique… a wildly eclectic cornucopia of horror'

'Outstandingly weird and memorable' GUARDIAN'Deliciously creepy' NEW SCIENTIST Fear never dies… Featuring stories from Susan Barker, J K Chukwu, Bridget Collins, Mariana Enríquez, Michel Faber, Lewis Hancox, Emilia Hart, Ainslie Hogarth, Robert Lautner, Adorah Nworah, Irenosen Okojie, Lucy Rose, Lionel Shriver, James Smythe, Lavie Tidhar, Francine Toon, Evie Wyld and Louisa Young. These stories from eighteen master storytellers will curdle your blood, haunt your dreams and redefine terror.From a hungry young woman who is not what she seems, to a boy who has taken his mother's advice a little too seriously; from disfigured girls willing to pay any price to fit in, to an immigrant who cannot escape his tormentor in his new home country; from a new home with a sinister secret, to the discovery that a long-dead parent’s corpse is perfectly preserved decades later; this collection plumbs the depths of the psyche and dredges up some very modern horrors. READERS ARE OBSESSED 'Stunning' 'Well-plotted and horrifying' 'Visceral, creepy, gory… stays in your head long after reading them' 'It's so satisfying to turn to the next story in an anthology like this and be pretty confident it's going to be a banger… bravo' 'Spine-tingling… I was gripped and it kept me up at night as I just wanted to read one more story' 'Often unusual, always unique… a wildly eclectic cornucopia of horror'