A young trans woman living a precarious life online stumbles across a video of herself doing something she has no memory of.
The discovery pulls her toward something far stranger and darker than she bargained for.
Persona weaves together two women's stories, a seance gone wrong, and a marketing office with a staircase that seems to descend forever, into a debut that critics have struggled to categorise, part literary horror, part fever dream, part sharp commentary on labour and identity online.
It's had an unusually strong critical run for a debut, with a starred review from Publishers Weekly and recognition from Ms. Magazine, Lit Hub and Autostraddle as one of the most anticipated books of the year.
LittlePuss Press is a small feminist press in Brooklyn run by two trans women, publishing work that bigger houses often overlook.
Add Persona to your shelf if intense, unsettling horror is your thing.
Publisher: LittlePuss Press (independent, Brooklyn) | Genre: Literary Horror | Published: 27 January 2026 | Content note: body horror, sex work, explicit themes