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 Delveaux, 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.

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.

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 Roughly half of its inventory remained unpublished due to the website's premature shutdown in 2008.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 colourized vignette images.