Best gay horror books

As Andrew wades through the wreckage Eddie has left in his wake, he finds out more and more about the secrets and lies that governed Eddie; the man he thought he knew better than anyone. In honor of LGBTQ+ History Month and, of course, spooky season, we felt inspired to curate a list of queer horror books for this October and beyond.

Not to make a point, nor as the central point, but just queer in a real way, in its bones. The Best Queer Horror Books The authors covered here are all imaginative, daring writers who are bringing the queer experience to the world of horror, and with that come unique terrors and monsters.

In less than a year since its publishing in , this Southern gothic novel has garnered rave reviews; both for its slow-burn storytelling and its pushing back against queer stereotypes. The first is set in the early noughties, between two lonely young women in an internet chat room, tussling with their deepest, darkest desires.

Sometimes, what you really need to hit the horror spot is a good, old-fashioned creature feature; or, in this case, paperback. Ah, the genre novel. We are introduced to the world in that Danforth creates with two little girls at The Brookhants School for Girls, Flo and Clara.

They are besotted with each other and united by their ardent love for writer Mary Maclane, the pen behind a scandalous memoir. The definitive lines of the genre novel are relaxing, a delight to tuck into whether they play into the set formats or subvert them with deftness.

One of the Achilles heels of most genre novels in general, though? These titles are modern representations of queer voices in horror fiction and nonfiction that you won't want to miss. Queer writer LaRocca is considered the Beethoven of queer horror, composing nuanced queer stories that really touch a chord.

Nothing we love in the honorverse than a good period piece; especially one with queer themes at the forefront. What a treat it is to settle into the comfort of the tropes and structures of a genre you love; the whirlwind of romances, the pace of a thriller, the intrigue of a mystery.

The story of two best-friends-like-family, Andrew and Eddie are separated when Eddie goes off to study at Vanderbilt. Fear is different for everyone, and the voices of gay and trans writers and characters bring forth new fears and ways of exploring them. But Manhunt does it well, using its protagonists Beth and Fran, who spend their lives making their way across the destruction of the New England coast on the hunt as a beautiful allegory for the challenges trans folk face in an unforgiving world.

Years late, another author writes a queer, feminist memoir that sires a film adaptation; and when the women at the helm of it return, the past and the present timeline begin to become hauntingly intertwined…. An unquestioned heteronormativity. In the novella Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke , three tales play.

This post originally appeared in GQ India. I will rarely find, as a bisexual woman, a well-written genre novel that understands, explores and revels in the nuances of queer characters and queer culture. He is controlled by a master that sends him out on his deed, planning something too evil to fathom; a love between the two men that is toxic and dangerous and undefined.

These horror novels, both YA and adult, are all written by LGBTQ authors and are perfect for when you're craving a frightening read. The last is about a man who confronts his neighbour when he finds a strange object in his backyard, not knowing the dangerous moors that conversation will lead him to….

At its heart is revenge for a city that has been stripped of its dignity, of a city that has faced too much injustice—and those wronged will be righted. Just days before Andrew is meant to turn up, Eddie dies, seemingly of suicide. We celebrate all things horror and all things queer.

As young children might, they found a club and name it—you guessed it-the Plain Bad Heroines club meeting regularly until they are found one day, stung to death under a tree with the book between them. Enter the dark, stormy ocean town of Elendhaven; a town bereft of anything to give and left to die.