X
by: Davey Davis
Publisher: Catapult (2022)
$16.95
Staff Pick by comrade: hal
noir/hardboiled meets queer nightlife & the BDSM underground. X follows Lee, a down-n-out sadist who becomes fixated on the mysterious X, w/ whom they spent a night of pleasure and pain that shook their world. set in a hauntingly familiar alt future NYC, where the US govt is deporting minority "deviants" one by one. Lee is a difficult protag to live inside, but the way they, and the mystery, are revealed is enthralling. X is dark, hot, and compromising.