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AFTERTASTE: A TOXIC YURI
by
EMORIA WEIDNER
Past-Itch Publishing presents, Aftertaste: A Toxic Yuri, the debut novel from Emoria Weidner.
Begun as a series of Bluesky posts that went viral, Aftertaste has been fully revised and expanded into the first print edition.
This sensual tale follows the seemingly unremarkable Simon, the only "man" working at a yuri bar where lesbian romance is served from bottles. Encounters with a domineering demon, a feisty old flame, and a motherly boss help this lowly server find the treasure that lies beneath the body's surface...and will unleash the mistakes that make us their prey.
In this stunning first offering, Weidner blends romance, horror, religious trauma, queer love, and much more into a trans pulp opera that rides off the rails and into the sunset.
Begun as a series of Bluesky posts that went viral, Aftertaste has been fully revised and expanded into the first print edition.
This sensual tale follows the seemingly unremarkable Simon, the only "man" working at a yuri bar where lesbian romance is served from bottles. Encounters with a domineering demon, a feisty old flame, and a motherly boss help this lowly server find the treasure that lies beneath the body's surface...and will unleash the mistakes that make us their prey.
In this stunning first offering, Weidner blends romance, horror, religious trauma, queer love, and much more into a trans pulp opera that rides off the rails and into the sunset.
Emoria & D Moses from Past-Itch discuss publishing Aftertaste!
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Art copyright (c) 2026, Terra Berta-Porcase
WHAT SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE WRITERS ARE SAYING ABOUT
AFTERTASTE: A TOXIC YURI...
“A glorious trans pulp opera that pulls zero punches. If you think you know what’s going to happen, you absolutely do not. An incredible debut. An outrageously fun, deeply moving force-femme yuri horror novel.”
– D Moses, artist and author of I Saw the Pink Light Glow
“Aftertaste does what we all want horror to do: take elements of terror to bring the horrors of our world to light. Aftertaste uses supernatural elements beautifully to, deep down at its core, tell a story about people and the human condition. It speaks to the pain, joy, fear and sorrow that all are deeply tied to life as a trans person. It pulls no punches and leaves the reader never truly feeling safe, with each moment of joy shining with a clawing nightmare sitting in its shadow, a powerful mirror to the lives of trans people.”
– Joslyn Jollenberg, author of The Red Divergence
“Aftertaste is a story that will burn on the way down, with its many twists and turns to delight. It is a strong mixture of the terror of dysphoria alongside pure queer joy. It’s rare to find something that kept me horrified to turn the next page but also delighted by what I would discover. I was giddy to find how this story would hurt me and heal me in equal measure.”
– Terra Berta-Porcase, author of Burn the Dogwood
“With Aftertaste, Emoria has taken what is a novel and unique starting point of Yuri as a beverage… And from there has spun out a hauntingly beautiful story about the trans-feminine existence that is both exaggerated and larger than life and, at the same time, so deeply personal and real. Aftertaste is a beautiful novel that will make you cry in the most healing way possible, and Emoria takes it in directions you’ll never see coming yet feel perfectly natural.”
– Sylvia Raizman, author of The Mimic Dungeon
– D Moses, artist and author of I Saw the Pink Light Glow
“Aftertaste does what we all want horror to do: take elements of terror to bring the horrors of our world to light. Aftertaste uses supernatural elements beautifully to, deep down at its core, tell a story about people and the human condition. It speaks to the pain, joy, fear and sorrow that all are deeply tied to life as a trans person. It pulls no punches and leaves the reader never truly feeling safe, with each moment of joy shining with a clawing nightmare sitting in its shadow, a powerful mirror to the lives of trans people.”
– Joslyn Jollenberg, author of The Red Divergence
“Aftertaste is a story that will burn on the way down, with its many twists and turns to delight. It is a strong mixture of the terror of dysphoria alongside pure queer joy. It’s rare to find something that kept me horrified to turn the next page but also delighted by what I would discover. I was giddy to find how this story would hurt me and heal me in equal measure.”
– Terra Berta-Porcase, author of Burn the Dogwood
“With Aftertaste, Emoria has taken what is a novel and unique starting point of Yuri as a beverage… And from there has spun out a hauntingly beautiful story about the trans-feminine existence that is both exaggerated and larger than life and, at the same time, so deeply personal and real. Aftertaste is a beautiful novel that will make you cry in the most healing way possible, and Emoria takes it in directions you’ll never see coming yet feel perfectly natural.”
– Sylvia Raizman, author of The Mimic Dungeon