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March 1, 2025 12 mins

Victoria Brooks is a queer nonbinary author living in London, UK, and parent to an octopod (2 year old identical twins)—an identity-shifting experience they recently wrote about for W0rms. Their first queer sci-fi novel, Silicone God, was published by MOIST Books in the UK, and was recently published in the US (House of Vlad Press). They have also published various essays on writing trauma and trauma-writing, time-travel and ethics, as well as short fiction, usually relating to trans-dimensional and futuristic sexuality. They are working on their next novel which is A Clockwork Orange meets Judith Butler. Their portfolio can be found here

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