The Drowning Girl

India Morgan Phelps—known as Imp—is a queer, schizophrenic artist who sets out to capture a reality she can no longer trust. She pens her story in the form of a deeply unreliable memoir, weaving together memories of a transgender girlfriend, Abalyn, a haunting encounter with a mysterious woman named Eva, and the ghostly boundaries between truth and myth. Lush with gothic atmosphere, psychological complexity, and lyrical prose, The Drowning Girl immerses readers in a haunted, queer consciousness where memory, identity, and desire echo like spectral tides. 

~  Included for its haunting and emotionally complex portrayal of queer love, mental health, and narrative unreliability. A genre-defying, emotionally daring classic that redefines queer gothic storytelling.  ~