Queer Lit

Anthologies/Collections

Evolve. Adapt. Become: The Genderqueer Fandom of NBC’s Hannibal (2023)
Queer Literary (18+)

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Compiled and lightly edited by Max Turner
Featuring essay “‘This is My Becoming’: The Queer Resonance of Will Graham” by Max Turner

NBC’s Hannibal has resonated with many queer fans over the years. The show and being part of the Fannibal fandom has been a part of many people’s gender identity journeys.

In this fandom-led volume we capture the thoughts and feelings of some of the trans, non-binary, genderqueer and otherwise non-cis Fannibals through art, fiction, nonfiction and essays. These works, whilst inspired by Hannibal, paint a picture of what it is to be non-cis in the Hannibal fandom.

Magazines/Online

“The History of My Hands” in Warning Lines (issue 2 – Aummer 2021)
Queer Literary (PG)

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I watched his strong, thick fingers slide between my slender ones. The back of his hands always lined with veins. 

A taunt of masculinity. 

This literary piece about dysphoria and self acceptance is featured in Issue 2 of Warning Lines Magazine.

“In 1995” in OutStories (2021)
Queer Literary (PG)

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During lockdown I’ve been pushing myself to write more in an effort to keep the creative juices flowing as it is so easy to lose creative passion when everything around you is so hard. One recent piece I have written is a short prose about nurturing creativity – “In 1995”