| Something unspeakable is coming out of the closet... From the ghosts of dead
lovers and malevolent queer faeries to devious doppelgangers and twisted
psychopaths, an eclectic lineup of award-winning writers from the horror and
GLBT literary communities come together in this groundbreaking collection of
queer horror stories. These tales will surprise with their universally resonant
themes while exploring the deeper aspects of the closet experience — coming
out, staying in, and being haunted by. Join Lee Thomas, Sarah Langan,
Jameson Currier, Rick R. Reed, Scott Nicholson, Kealan
Patrick Burke and others as they throw open their literary closet doors
with 23 chilling tales. Be prepared as these master dark scribes reveal what
lurks in those shadowy corners at the back of our closets.
And the horrors found there
promise to be unspeakable.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: The Case for Closets | Vince A. Liaguno
Opening the Box | Chad Helder
Emmeline | C. J. Lines
The Bloomsbury Nudes | Jameson Currier
Epistle of the Sleeping Beauty | Jan Vander Laenen
Cask | Jude Wright
Black Annis | Joy Marchand
Memento Mori | Elissa Malcohn
The Shallows | Gary McMahon
I Am the Shadow That Walks There | Michelle Scalise
Bluff | L. A. Fields
In Her Mirrors, Dimly | Maria Alexander
The Portico Angel | Kevin W. Reardon
Vourdalak | Michael Hacker
Memory Box | Reesa Brown
Double Walker | Lisa Morton
Sublet | Rick R. Reed
I’m Your Violence | Lee Thomas
The Engine of Desire | Livia Llewellyn
The Boys of Bald Cave | C. Michael Cook
Prayers of the Living | Erin MacKay
The Next Big Thing | Christopher Fox
The Shaping | Scott Nicholson
A Letter from Phoenix | Kealan Patrick Burke
The Agathas | Sarah Langan
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