Lakehurst Illustrated Press

Lakehurst Illustrated Press was a short-lived online publishing company founded by Kristy Leigh in 2005. At the height of its three year run, the imprint published fiction by Angie Holbrook, Hannah Delvaux, Transfemme and Mara Kirsht, with artwork provided by Garry Marsden.

Lakehurst's primary goal, as stated on the site's home page, was "a return to the golden age of transgendered literature, with an emphasis on excitement, narrative and storytelling." While the artwork and language could be described as risqué, there was no reliance on hard core or shock-based imagery.

Format
Cover designs were suggestive rather than graphic, inspired by small publishers such as Bristol, Liverpool or Chelsea. Interior layouts were given a "vintage" appearance recalling the lurid "potboilers" of the late fifties, complete with age-yellowed paper, misaligned text, and faulty registration marks. The overall effect was that of a cheaply printed paperback bought under the counter at the local railway newsvendor. Files could be downloaded in either PDF or CBR format from Amazon.com.

Inventory
Lakehurst Illustrated Press is known to have published at least sixteen transgendered pieces, ranging in length from 2500 to 5000 words. It also offered an additional 19 cross-genre stories with transvestic undertones, distributed in mostly serial form. Roughly half of its inventory remained unpublished due to the website's premature shutdown in 2008. This included over seventy monochrome sketches and an unfinished edition of colorized vignette images.

Publisher's Statement

 * GREETINGS, TRUE BELIEVERS, and welcome to Lakehurst Press, the home of contemporary TG fantasy! We're four transgendered writers and one crazy homeless guy with a passion for the classic pulps of yesteryear. Drawing our influences from a wide variety of sources, we've been churning out fast-paced stories of love, lace and lingerie since the early Nineties, frequently updating our material for the modern reader. While our work may be described as risque rather than pornographic, our main focus has always been on emotion and characterization, the basis of high-quality storytelling. Like all fans of the genre, we're fully dedicated to the subject matter, and strive to put YOU into bras, panties and stockings from the moment you read the first page. Are you ready to experience a life of lush, feminine bondage? Just click on one of our titles and your journey will begin!