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The genre of horror has in the past been the exclusive province of heterosexual writers and themes, stereotypically involving a male antagonist and a female victim. Although the incursions into the field by such writers as Anne Rich and Poppy Z. Brite have largely blurred sexual orientation boundaries, there has never been an anthology of horror stories where the protagonists are clearly gay--until now. Queer Fear is a striking and ambitious collection of gay horror fiction by some of show more today's hottest authors and talented newcomers, covering a wide range of creatures of the night and all manner of urban terrors. These dark and sometimes disturbing tales expand the boundaries of the horror genre, with the sexuality of their protagonists a point of reference for the "horror" of otherness that defines and, at times, divides us. Contributors include: Bram Stoker Award and International Horror Guild Award winner Douglas Clegg, International Horror Guild Award winner Gemma Files, Robert Boyczuk, Michael Thomas Ford, Lewis Gannett, Brian Hodge, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Nancy Kilpatrick, William J. Mann, Michael Marano, David Nickle, Joseph O'Brien, Ron Oliver, David Quinn, Thomas S. Roche, Michael Rowe, Becky N. Southwell, C. Mark Umland, and Edo van Belkom. show lessTags
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An appropriately named collection of short gay fiction. The horror theme is on display in its many forms and some of the stories are quite remarkable.
FYI Review - This anthology of short stories contains the following:
-Introduction: In Praise of Queer Fear by Michael Rowe
-The Nightguard by C Mark Umland
-Piercing Men by Douglas Clegg
-The Siege by Michael Marano
-Bear Shirt by Gemma Files
-Little Holocausts by Brian Hodge
-The Sound of Weeping by Thomas S. Roche
-Hey Fairy by Edo Van Belkom
-The Spark by William J. Mann
-Spindleshanks (New Orleans, 1956) by Caitlin R. Kiernan
-The Perpetual by David Quinn
-Genius Loci by Becky N. Southwell
-Goodbye by Michael Thomas Ford
-Tabula Rasa by Robert Boyczuk
-You Can't Always Get What You Want by T.L. Bryers
-The Bird Feeders by David Nickle
-No Silent Scream by Nancy Kilpatrick
-Nestle's Revenge by Ron Oliver
-Second Shadow by Joseph O'Brien
-Introduction: In Praise of Queer Fear by Michael Rowe
-The Nightguard by C Mark Umland
-Piercing Men by Douglas Clegg
-The Siege by Michael Marano
-Bear Shirt by Gemma Files
-Little Holocausts by Brian Hodge
-The Sound of Weeping by Thomas S. Roche
-Hey Fairy by Edo Van Belkom
-The Spark by William J. Mann
-Spindleshanks (New Orleans, 1956) by Caitlin R. Kiernan
-The Perpetual by David Quinn
-Genius Loci by Becky N. Southwell
-Goodbye by Michael Thomas Ford
-Tabula Rasa by Robert Boyczuk
-You Can't Always Get What You Want by T.L. Bryers
-The Bird Feeders by David Nickle
-No Silent Scream by Nancy Kilpatrick
-Nestle's Revenge by Ron Oliver
-Second Shadow by Joseph O'Brien
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Queer Speculative Fiction Anthologies
46 works; 4 members
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Michael Rowe is the three-time Lambda Literary Award-nominated author
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- LGBTQ+, Fiction and Literature, Horror
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- 813.0873808920664 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Horror fiction; Ghost fiction Horror fiction Anthologies Collections
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- PR9197.35 .H67 .Q44 — Language and Literature English English Literature English literature: Provincial, local, etc.
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