Grace Byron’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Herculine

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Hanif Abdurraqib, Andrew Sean Greer, Roxane Gay, and many others. Grace Byron’s novel Herculine is a brilliantly riveting and visceral debut. Publishers Weekly wrote of the book: “A brilliant addition to the growing genre of trans horror…a piercing portrait of trans community and solidarity. The author brings enough humor to the proceedings to prevent the horror from becoming too all-consuming while keeping the pages flying with a thrilling plot and a moving examination of loneliness, desire, and hope in the wake of trauma. Byron proves an exciting new voice in horror fiction.” In her own words, here is Grace Byron’s Book Notes music playlist for her debut novel Herculine: Hardwired, Metallica My protagonist is a huge metal head, a sort of…