{"product_id":"beautiful-ghosts-9781476686332","title":"Beautiful Ghosts","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   A Generation X transgender woman, Sherilyn Connelly  came out of the closet in 1999. Her own identity still emerging, she had stumbled into a difficult, stifling relationship. Also, her employment at a tech company ceased when the dot-com bubble burst. It was a goth boy from Bolinas that first took her shopping for make-up, and the San Francisco goth scene became her respite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   This wickedly eye-opening memoir reveals how Connelly dealt with a toxic partner and found her voice as a woman. A longtime cinephile, it tells how she became a writer, rekindled a love for cult films and horror conventions, and learned the secret to becoming a star. Her remembrances are also a tale of a bygone era of sex, music and San Francisco and its darkened underworld of goth strays--her literate vampires and beautiful ghosts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHymnal\tvi\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Out of the Bag and into the Abattoir\t1\u003cbr\u003ePrologue: Infernal Cartography\t13\u003cbr\u003e1. Six Feet Down at Age ­Twenty-Five\t17\u003cbr\u003eHow the End Always Is 17  •  Baby Doll, Check Your Cheek 22  •  Leave Your Expectations at the Door 27  •  Love in the Dying Moments of the 20th Century 38\u003cbr\u003e2. Honor Thy Error as a Hidden Intention\t44\u003cbr\u003eEl Ritual de la Caja Para Gatos 44  •  The One to Walk in the Sun 47  •  Choking on the Dirt and Sand 49  •  Good Morning, It's Possum Day 51\u003cbr\u003e3. eXistenZ Is unPauseD\t56\u003cbr\u003eJosie and the Vampire 56  •  Keep Circulating the Tapes 62  •  Spang of the Loathsome Dead 68  •  She Gets to Sing Just Like a Bird 75\u003cbr\u003e4. Dead Cats and Cab Drivers\t79\u003cbr\u003eFor Rent: Black Sheets, Never Reported 79  •  You Probably Think This Book Is About You 84  •  The Midnight Sisters Convene in Kopenhagen 91  •  Were You Jerking Off to Her or Were You Jerking Off to Me? 97  •  A Large Room, Full of People 103\u003cbr\u003e5. The Epoch of Recombination\t106\u003cbr\u003eMechanism of Occupant Ejection 106  •  Keep Your Tracking Knobs Properly Adjusted 109  •  John Calvin, He's Long Dead (We Gotta Get That in Our Head) 113  •  \"Someday, This War's Gonna End\" 116  •  Bleeding Like a Polaroid 119  •  I'm Not an Angel, But at Least I'm a Girl 124\u003cbr\u003e6. The Lightning of Early May\t133\u003cbr\u003eA Walking Study in Demonology 133  •  Incept Date: 22 Sept. 2006 138  •  Visions of Dazzling Rooms 142  •  Perilous Night, Their Voices Calling 148  •  A Flicker of Light Before the Dawning 151\u003cbr\u003e7. Welcome to Annexia\t155\u003cbr\u003ePartners in a Benevolent Psychopathology 155  •  Two ­Semi-Metallic Human Beings 158  •  Some Semen Is Saltier Than Others 163  •  Prophecy Is Ragged and Dirty 169  •  A Universe Gone Quickly 171\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: Under the Zodiacal Light\t176\u003cbr\u003eThe Beautiful Ghosts Mixtape\t189\u003cbr\u003eIndex\t191","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50515848200535,"sku":"9781476686332","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476686332.jpg?v=1745428065","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/beautiful-ghosts-9781476686332","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}