• A face-shaped negative whitespace with the text “The Things I’ll Never Tell You” followed by “Written by Ramses Wolfe” and “Art by Elle Shivers” within it. The negative space is created from several fragmentary images from the book, rendered as if crumpled and torn from the book itself. These images in clockwise order, starting from the bottom of the page are: a room with chair and plants, a hand against a console, a hand holding a remote, a crowd, and a small sliver of outdoors with plants.
  • The white main character with long hair, lit by phone in hand, over text, “Protectors tend to like me. I was talking to one last week and I helped them de-escalate a situation. To be fair, I was actually more upset than they were.” A phone text screen, with incoming, “Thanks!/ I’ve never met a singlet who thinks like us lol,” and outgoing “Lmao/ You’re good” above an image of the same phone screen being held by main character on a dark background.
  • The white main character with long hair, lit by phone in hand, over text, “Protectors tend to like me. I was talking to one last week and I helped them de-escalate a situation. To be fair, I was actually more upset than they were.” A phone text screen, with incoming, “Thanks!/ I’ve never met a singlet who thinks like us lol,” and outgoing “Lmao/ You’re good” above an image of the same phone screen being held by main character on a dark background.
  • MC, talking on phone, head in hands, “Steve? Hi, this is Ra. I was wondering if we could reschedule the appointment?/No, earlier. Actually, are you available today?” MC on video call with Black therapist, “So who are you when you’re not protecting anyone?” reply, “I’m not sure.” Room now dark, laptop closed, MC not having moved.
  • Party, “Sometimes I talk about you to friends, the ones who don’t really care enough to ask your name, or how we met, or where you took me on our first date./I get to talk about my boyfriend without really having to answer questions about you, or us, whatever we are.” Alone, “I started a new chat and changed the title to your name. I never use note apps, only chats. I like the idea of texting someone, even when they can’t respond. Maybe it’s a bequeathal from Catholicism, maybe it replaced my pr
  • The MC writing in a notebook. On the notebook pages is, “I couldn’t tell him/I’m not sure I exist when I’m not,” and narration continues, “I’ve spent countless hours with the tip of the pen bleeding on the paper, deciding whether to write these words./Are you afraid of scaring me off too?” These are connected by scribbles to the MC’s hand, writing in pen on the first image.
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Ramses Wolfe

The Things I'll Never Tell You

The Things I'll Never Tell You

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A love letter. A confession.

A prayer. A petition.

From one protector who has been there too long, rusting at the hinges, to the other who's never there, who might never be there again.

Worried his partner might stop existing, the narrator reflects on everything he'd like to tell him but might never have the strength or opportunity to. Part reflection on gender, trauma and identity, part queer love story, "The Things I'll Never Tell You" explores what it means to exist beyond your purpose, and to love and be loved never knowing what the future holds.

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Black and white drawing of a white man with long hair looking ahead, with a white blazer, white tie, and a shirt with squares. Art is by Elle Shivers.

Ramses Wolfe

Ramses Wolfe (he/sin) is a trans writer and advocate based in London, where he lives with his wife and five cats. When he's not yelling at the six of them to stop chewing on plastic, sin spends his time gardening, crocheting, buying books faster than he can read through the existing pile, and writing about gender, disability, and religious trauma.

You can find his work at ramseswolfe.com and physical copies of this book at the-things-i-ll-never-tell-you.backerkit.com.