Any Man

Any Man pulses with a fierce, searching voice as a self-styled attacker calling herself Maude begins a string of brutal assaults that leave a group of men asking to be seen and believed. The narrative moves between lyric fragments and taut, propulsive prose to map their fractured nights, small joys, and wary alliances. As police reports and viral headlines reshape the story into spectacle, the survivors start to speak, trade care, and insist on tenderness in the wake of violence. With sharp humor and deep compassion, the novel probes masculinity, trauma, and the slow work of learning how to listen.

~ Included for its courageous reframing of male victimhood and its tender portrait of communal healing that centers queer empathy and survival ~