Penelope Steele has already survived the cult that tried to sacrifice her, killed the demon that wore her fathers face, and lost a piece of herselfliterally. Now shes broke, homeless, traumatized and absolutely done being pushed around by the universe.Living out of her car and scraping through the aftermath of her first demon kill, Penelope is holding on by a thread. Therapy is slipping out of reach, her job is gone, and shes one step away from losing the fragile stability she fought to reclaim. All she has left are her weapons, her instincts, and a rage that could level mountains.When a mysterious collector named Goran approaches her with an offerretrieve something from a "place between fractions of time" in exchange for money and entry into more demonic gatewaysPenelope knows she should run. But she also knows she needs cash, closure, and maybe a purpose. So she listens.The job?Recover a missing artifact connected to one of the vilest killers in American history.The catch?Its hidden in a world accessed only when time stops.Armed with her .357 Magnum ("Maggie"), a shotgun ripped from the memory-construct of her fathers truck, twin 9mm pistols she lovingly names Johnny B. and TJ, and a knife painted with a TransFlag, middle finger displayed of course, Penelope heads out across Texas and Louisiana. Along the way, she forms unexpected bondsa fierce friendship with Aria, a spark of something more with Maria, and a deeper understanding of the cosmic force she touched when she died in the labyrinth of Noxitus: Mother Universe herself.I Collect Vile Things is a brutal, emotional, darkly humorous horror novel that blends demonology, cosmic terror, queer rage, trauma healing, and Texas grit. Penelope Steele is not a chosen oneshes just a pissed-off transwoman with a gun, a purpose, and absolutely nothing left to lose.This is Book Two in the series Dont Fuck With a Transwoman From Texas With a Gun, though it stands on its own as a fierce, character-driven entry into your expanding demon-hunting mythology.Fans of: queer-led horror demon hunting with personality and attitude cosmic labyrinth worlds revenge fiction action-horror hybrids gritty, emotionally raw heroinesWhen the universe calls Penelope back into the dark, she doesnt run.She reloads.
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