Today on the site I’m thrilled to welcome Emery Lee to reveal the cover of eir upcoming speculative trans YA, Maybe This is Moving On, releasing February 9, 2027 from Tiny Ghost Press! Here’s the story:
For seventeen-year-old Ness, walking with the dead is a sacred family gift.
After someone dies, Ness is able to travel twenty-four hours into the past, to help them meet their end without regrets.
But there are rules:
Never tell the dead that they’re dead.
Never reveal himself to himself.
And never ever alter history.
If Ness breaks the rules, he loses his ability. Simple.
Until his ex-boyfriend, Jaime, dies in a tragic car accident.
Sent back five months before the crash destined to take Jaime’s life, Ness’s only mission is to ensure Jaime doesn’t die carrying a heavy heart. After all, changing fate would break cosmic law.
But five months is a long time to spend with the boy who once held his heart, especially when it means reliving the bittersweet heights of first love and the sharp agony of their messy breakup. As secrets unfold and old feelings resurface, Ness finds that healing Jaime’s regrets before the clock runs out means diving headfirst into the worst of his own.
With his heart, his powers, and his obligations to the universe on the line, can he do what needs to be done to help Jaime move on?
And here’s the mesmerizing cover by Laya Rose!
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Emery Lee is an award-winning author and the founder of #Transbooks365, a community hashtag made to celebrate books by and about trans people. Coming from a university background of creative writing, e’s gone on to write entertainment news, edit literary magazines, and work as a trade book reviewer. Outside of novels, e’s written interactive fiction, short stories, and webcomics. Eir books have received starred reviews, been featured in ALA’s rainbow booklist, and been translated into multiple languages. In 2025, MEET CUTE DIARY was exhibited in the Museum of Transology, the UK’s most significant collection of objects representing trans, nonbinary, and intersex people’s lives. When away from writing, e can be found reading webcomics, listening to music, or snuggling cute dogs.
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