Subcutanean

A queer horror novel where no two copies are the same, by @aaronareed. A Lambda Literary Award finalist.

[Subcutanean @subcutanean]

Subcutanean is now available! Find out how to get your own copy of a horror novel driven by procedural text where no two copies are ever the same, created by IndieCade "Best Story" winner Aaron A. Reed.

[Moone @moonethewolf]

Reading my two different copies of Subcutanean side by side is so fun, some of the differences are really significant

[draxtor™ @draxtor]

Damn it you guys. Was going to save a bit of money to buy new shoes but alas 🤑💰💵 take my money 👇🏽

[Asbjørn Scholtens @theholybear]

Reading Subcutanean while listening to Metallica's "Sanitarium" is either perfect synergy or disconcertingly frightening, or (right now) both. This is freaky. The power of a gripping book paired with its fitting soundtrack is unsettling.

[Adi Robertson (@thedextriarchy.bsky.social) @thedextriarchy]

One last end-of-year best-of: I got @subcutanean on our list of 2020 sci-fi books to check out, because it is both an excellent horror novel and an interesting experiment in AI storytelling https://t.co/udwhDM3HBI

[Moone @moonethewolf]

I've read subcutanean I could find my way out of here

[Café Royal Cultural Foundation @CRCFNYC]

Kat Mustatea, is awarded a Literature Grant for VOIDOPOLIS, a retelling of Dante’s Inferno. Created with words without the letter "E", the story unfolds on IG, a digital performance culminating in loss: once the story is complete, it will be deleted forever.

[Subcutanean @subcutanean]

Peter on Goodreads says: "Subcutanean is not just smartly written but a fantastically fun read. ...It’s eerie, creepy, and drips existential dread. That you can get your own permutation of the novel feels clinical and calculated - a perfectly resonate and thematic touch." #horror

[Moone @moonethewolf]

I finished reading Subcutanean this week! A queer horror story with one of the most interesting premises and executions I've ever read. I cannot recommend it enough, I haven't gone through a book this fast in a long time

[Jim Stormdancer @mogwai_poet]

Just finished Aaron Reed's "Subcutanean." It's one of those "whoops my house turns out to be an endless labryinth" horror stories, like House of Leaves, that I'm such a sucker for. It's really good!

[David Liu @thedak]

I just want to say that my copy of subcutanean is Very Good, and your copy, while different, will likely also be Very Good.

And then we can talk about the differences afterwards.

[Adi Robertson (@thedextriarchy.bsky.social) @thedextriarchy]

update: subcutanean is great, both in terms of (I think?) pretty clever procedural generation and just having a good handle on creepy suspense-building

[Andrew Ferguson @epiktistes]

My #ELOrlando talk is live! It's on all the headaches that @aaronareed's @subcutanean creates for traditional approaches to textual studies. Perversely, it is also an audio-only talk at an electronic lit conference! Have a listen here: https://t.co/xcFY6zQENH

[Victor Gijsbers @GijsbersVictor]

My 50 book challenge, book #37: "Subcutanean" by @aaronareed. Aaron Reed is one of the most lauded authors of interactive fiction, having written brilliant and influential pieces like "Blue Lacuna" and "Hollywood Visionary". But now he's here with a traditional novel! 1/4

[Marcelo D. Viana Neto 🍉 @marcelodvn]

This book needs more attention.

I'm absolutely loving/terrified by my unique copy. @aaronareed created something truly special.

Without spoiling it, it's a book that gives physical shape to this destabilized reality of ours, and many others. Can't stop thinking about it.

[Matt 👻 @TeamRedmonReads]

Read my 4-star review of Subcutanean by @aaronareed

https://t.co/bNfh4tSn87

[Victor Gijsbers @GijsbersVictor]

Just finished reading @aaronareed's Subcutanean, the novel where no two copies are the same. Tense, interesting, and very enjoyable! Planning to do a write-up... when I've read my *other* copy.