Listen IN/HUMAN by Cullen McHael, performed by Cullen McHael. You can find the full recordings on Patreon or in Spotify.

They forged me, trained me, made me into a weapon.
But weapons only exist to be used…

Maxine “The Fist” Ali believes what her church and the Inquisition have told her: Nova Mundo is a city of sinners. Six hundred years ago, the Ayu saw fit to bless humanity with divine magic. Then came the alterations. The disrespect. Now, the filthy, mutated Inmani must be eradicated.

Deployed to quash an Inmani insurgency, Max’s zealous mission is upended prematurely by her reckless gambling and an unlucky fight. Desperate for a dime, she finds work with charming local fixer Jaq — nonbinary, queer, and street-smart.

But carrying out “you pay I punch” jobs means Max can no longer avoid the Inmani. Tangled in their dangerous day-to-day, Max stumbles on a mass grave — evidence of a horrifying socio-scientific experiment. And the Inmani are far from its only victims.

As she slowly begins to question the authorities that propel her to violence, Max is forced to confront an earth-shattering truth: if her life so far is a lie…she has no idea who she is.

In/Human is an LGBTQIA+ science fiction novel that explores religious power, identity, belonging, and the morality of justice.

A city under siege. A world ravaged by monsters. No one gets out alive.

On the night of her 13th birthday, a refugee sleeps in an abandoned building, dreaming of boats and distant lands: someplace she might celebrate with no bombs. In a city surrounded by armies of monsters, defended by a high-tech paladin with a shining sword, riddled with gangs and militia, and where artillery sometimes falls like the evening rain, choosing where to relax may decide if she makes it another day… and this one picked the wrong place to rest her head.

When demonic assassins pick her camp site to lay a trap for the city’s last Paladin, she must gather her friends, her wits, and every scrap of her faith to find a way out… or at least make sure the city remembers her name.

The City Where No One Remembers My Name is an LGBTQIA+ cyberpunk fantasy novella with horror elements, exploring themes of found family, war, and liberation.