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Andrew Joseph White

Andrew Joseph WhiteAndrew Joseph WhiteAndrew Joseph White
  • Home
  • About
  • Adult Books
    • You Weren't Meant...
  • Young Adult Books
    • Hell Followed with Us
    • The Spirit Bares Its...
    • Compound Fracture
    • You're No Better
    • Beast//Warden
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YOU WEREN'T MEANT TO BE HUMAN

COMING SEPTEMBER 9, 2025


Festering masses of worms and flies have taken root in dark corners across Appalachia. In exchange for unwavering loyalty and fresh corpses, these hives offer a few struggling humans salvation. A fresh start. It’s an offer that none refuse.


Crane is grateful. Among his hive’s followers, Crane has found a chance to transition, to never speak again, to live a life that won’t destroy him. He even met Levi: a handsome ex-Marine and brutal killer who treats him like a real man, mostly. But when Levi gets Crane pregnant—and the hive demands the child’s birth, no matter the cost—Crane’s desperation to make it stop will drive the community that saved him into a devastating spiral that can only end in blood.


You Weren’t Meant to Be Human is a deeply personal horror; a visceral statement about the lives of marginalized people in a hostile world, echoing the works of Stephen Graham Jones and Eric LaRocca. 

Cover Design: Drusilla Adeline

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Pictured: Art by Jane Tibbetts (@chattynora)


  • English/UK: Daphne Press (You Weren't Meant to Be Human)


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