On the night Miles Abernathy—sixteen-year-old socialist and proud West Virginian—comes out as trans to his parents, he sneaks off to a party, carrying evidence that may finally turn the tide of the blood feud plaguing Twist Creek: Photos that prove the county’s Sheriff Davies was responsible for the so-called “accident” that injured his dad, killed others, and crushed their grassroots efforts to unseat him. The feud began a hundred years ago when Miles’s great-great-grandfather, Saint Abernathy, incited a miners’ rebellion that ended with a public execution at the… Read more.
Trigger and Content Warnings
- Ableism discussed & mentions of disfiguremisia
- Transphobia, misgendering & deadnaming
- Emotional & physical intimate partner violence
- Sexual assault mentioned
- Drug dependency discussed (protagonist)*
- Blood & gore depiction
- Murder
- Animal death (dog, deer, off-page)
Context : The protagonist uses opioids after surgery and undergoes withdrawal after quitting without medical supervision
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