Tell Me I'm Worthless
Written by Alison Rumfitt
Narrated by Nicky Endres
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Alison Rumfitt’s Tell Me I’m Worthless is a dark, unflinching haunted house story that confronts both supernatural and real-world horrors through the lens of the modern-day trans experience.
"Nicky Endres pulls out all the stops when performing this horror story about a haunted house and the shocking trauma it inflicts on three people...This is the stuff nightmares are made of..."- AudioFile Magazine (Earphones Award Winner)
"Narrator Nicky Endres narrates three distinct POVs (Alice, Ila, and the House), and her voice easily slithers between all three, demonstrating how the house dominates this story and the women’s lives." - Library Journal
"Transfeminine actor Nicky Endres’ narration is chilling throughout, as they voice the perspectives of Alice, Ila, and the house at an easy, relaxed pace. Their voice maintains a lulling and melodious sing-song quality, which acts in opposition to the horrors portrayed in the book." - Booklist
“A triumph of transgressive queer horror.” —Publishers Weekly, STARRED review
“Easily one of the strongest horror debuts in recent memory.” —Booklist, STARRED review
Three years ago, Alice spent one night in an abandoned house with her friends, Ila and Hannah. Since then, Alice’s life has spiraled. She lives a haunted existence, selling videos of herself for money, going to parties she hates, drinking herself to sleep.
Memories of that night torment Alice, but when Ila asks her to return to the House, to go past the KEEP OUT sign and over the sick earth where teenagers dare each other to venture, Alice knows she must go.
Together, Alice and Ila must face the horrors that happened there, must pull themselves apart from the inside out, put their differences aside, and try to rescue Hannah, whom the House has chosen to make its own.
Cutting, disruptive, and darkly funny, Tell Me I’m Worthless is a vital work of trans fiction that examines the devastating effects of trauma and how fascism makes us destroy ourselves and each other.
“Ambitious, brutal, and brilliant.” —Gretchen Felker-Martin, author of Manhunt
A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Nightfire.
Alison Rumfitt
ALISON RUMFITT is a writer, semi-professional trans woman, and the author of Tell Me I'm Worthless. Her debut pamphlet of poetry, The T(y)ranny, was a critical deconstruction of Margaret Atwood’s work through the lens of a trans woman navigating her own misogynistic dystopia. Tell Me I’m Worthless is her debut novel. Her work has appeared in countless publications such as SPORAZINE, datableed, The Final Girls, Burning House Press, SOFT CARTEL, Glass Poetry and more. Her poetry was nominated for the Rhysling Award in 2018. She loves her friends.
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Readers find this title to be a powerful and intense exploration of fascism, trauma, and horror. The book is described as lyrical, harsh, grotesque, and haunting. It is not for the faint of heart, but those who appreciate visceral and emotionally charged storytelling will love it. The antagonist is described as absolutely brutal, making the story stomach-turning and socially poignant. Overall, this book is a must-read for those who can handle its intensity.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book reads like a fevered dream. It’s lyrical, harsh, grotesque, horrifying, and a scathing outlook on fascism in the United Kingdom along with poorly coping with trauma. This book isn’t for the faint of heart and there were times I felt like I was barely grasping what was going on. I still haven’t fully digested everything but it’s an absolute must-read.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5As eloquent and well built as it is difficult. A hard walk, but deeply worth it.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Brutal, visceral, emotional, hateful, haunting, vulgar, and I loved every minute of it!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Arguably one of the most visceral, torturous accounts of modern house horror with an absolutely brutal antagonist. Stomach turning, socially poignant, and savage as hell.
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