Henry Corrigan’s Party of a Lifetime strands four queer friends in Monotony, a 1950s hell town that reshapes itself around their nightmares and slowly reshapes them too. This is body horror written with a mechanic’s patience, with a narcissistic mother at the centre of it, and it is the best thing Corrigan has written.
Queer Horror
Splasher by Billie Host: A Chlorine-Soaked Supernatural Slasher
My review of Splasher by Billie Host, the 2006-set supernatural slasher where a haunted university pool picks off a swim team one accident at a time. Queer horror, Y2K nostalgia and a genuine ghost story grief engine make this a slasher novel that remembers to feel.
In These Gilded Ghostly Hearts by Gwendolyn Kiste: Gatsby’s Ghosts Won’t Let Go
Bram Stoker winner Gwendolyn Kiste delivers a haunting queer horror retelling of The Great Gatsby in In These Gilded, Ghostly Hearts, following Daisy Buchanan’s daughter as she confronts her mother’s ghost and the still-grasping fingers of Jay Gatsby. This sapphic Gothic novella explores grief, legacy, and the hunger of a house that feeds on unfulfilled love.
“He Just Wanted to Be Seen”: Luke Dumas on Cannibal Cravings, the Ozempic Era, and Writing Fat Shame as Body Horror
Luke Dumas unpacks the fat shame and cannibal cravings driving his Ozempic-era body horror Nothing Tastes as Good. From stolen paperbacks to Mounjaro prescriptions, this interview confronts the hunger beneath the weight-loss drug phenomenon and the mask we hand to strangers.
Old Gods by AV Wilkes: A Cold, Queer Cosmic Horror Collection
AV Wilkes steps beyond the polar ice with Old Gods, a micro-collection of five reprinted cosmic and folk horror stories. From an 1881 whaling ship to a vampire-haunted seaside hotel, this is queer horror with real tenderness and a deep cold running through every page.
Between Strange Extremes, a Pride 2024 Special My Life in Horror
Between Strange Extremes, a Pride 2024 Special My Life in Horror The current efflorescence of queer … Between Strange Extremes, a Pride 2024 Special My Life in HorrorRead more