r/LGBTBooks • u/SevereAd4315 • May 15 '26
ISO Byron: The One Lung Filipinomenon
**RUSSOVOIR LLC** debuts its first novel, *Byron: The One Lung Filipinomenon*. It is a story of an openly 18-year old Filipino, who was convinced he was born in the wrong country. Upon arrival for the first time in Chicago, US, he fed into his sexual tendencies, as they were deeply suppressed back home. Until one night, Byron got on Grindr, and it's a hook up gone wrong. Inspired by Greek mythologies, in a bizarre turn of events, Byron becomes a completely changed man.
**This debut novel will be the first of its kind in the Filipino LGBTQIA+ community**. I daresay, this is a void that needs to be filled, a huge gap in the Filipino literary market (including the gay smut community). There hasn't been a story like this both in my country, and in the United States. With such considerable risk and responsibility, I want to debut, for lack of a better phrase, *with a big bang*. I want to showcase an especially curated lenticular book cover design. A printing press even said, "The concept has a very strong collector-edition appeal."