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FILM: Scream Creator Says Series Was “Coded in Gay Survival”

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Scream

Scream’s Sidney Prescott faces the same battle for survival as many young, gay kids, says the franchise’s screenwriter Kevin Williamson. In a new interview, Williamson reflected on how his own sexuality informed Prescott’s character. Played by Neve Campbell, the hero develops major trust issues after learning her boyfriend murdered her own mother. One of the things I’ve wrestled with is trust,” Williamson told the Independent, “and Sidney trusted no one. “Did she really know her mother? Is her boyfriend who he says he is? In the end, she wasn’t even trusting herself.” Sidney, Williamson said, is anything but the “final … Read more

NEW RELEASE: Fractured Mind Book 2 – Matthew Dante

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Fractured Mind

QSFer Matthew Dante has a new MM thriller out: Fractured Mind Book 2. People have been disappearing all across the State with no apparent connection to one another. Police are baffled and struggling to determine if the disappearances are connected or are simply isolated incidents. There are no bodies or evidence- only abandoned vehicles and missing persons reports. Meanwhile, Alex Sanders is battling his own demons… Almost a year after surviving a horrific weekend held captive by his former best friend, Marc, Alex is now a freshman at the University of Tennessee. Desperately trying to start over, he is consumed … Read more

NEW RELEASE: Nightmare Fuel Anthology

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Nightmare Fuel

QSFer Chloe Spencer has a story in a new mixed Horror anthology: Nightmare Fuel. Come one, come all, to the stories that twist, turn, and go bump in the night. From authors of many different backgrounds, experiences, and walks of life in general, come 16 tales of horror to raise the hair on your arms, and remind you – you’re never alone in the dark. This lineup includes: Rose Strickman – Jettisoned Tre Luna – Glooper In The Dark Matthew Eschbach – Captive Benjamin Allocco – A Light Above Trees Chloe Spencer – Wear Her Body Andrew P. McGregor – … Read more

REVIEW: Blood of the Land – Adrik Kemp

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Blood Of The Land - Adrik Kemp

Editor’s Note: We try to publish series reviews in order, but mistakenly published Blood of the City – book two – first. Apologies to the author! Genre: Horror, Romance, Erotica LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book When an ancient Italian vampire travels to the pioneering Australian outback, what he finds there triggers a decades-long love triangle from which there is no escape. Mack, a young Australian cattle farmer, makes his living on his father’s cattle station. The work is hard and the days are long but he is content with the life he has … Read more

REVIEW: Blood of the City – Adrik Kemp

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Blood Of The City - Adrik Kemp

Genre: Horror, MM Romance, Erotica LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book After a century apart, Mack and Jason rediscover their love and lust, but will trying to fit into a modern world keep them together or tear them apart? When vampire lovers Mack and Jason are reunited after decades apart, they think of nothing but each other’s company. But over time, Mack’s old-world views conflict with Jason’s liberated life, and it throws them into a spiral of confused despair. When Mack seeks solace in the arms of another and Jason’s ex-lover Greg is murdered, … Read more

MOVIES: This 1960’s Horror Film Put Queerness Up Front

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The Haunting

In the 1960s, people weren’t generally accustomed to seeing LGBT+ representation on screen. The Haunting, for many, changed that. The film, released in 1963, has gone down in history as one of the greatest horror films ever made. Based on the acclaimed novel The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, it follows a group of people who descend on a supposedly haunted house for a supernatural experiment. Ultimately, The Haunting was only a modest success at the box office, with some cinema-goers disappointed by a film that relies more on atmosphere than jump scares. Despite this, The Haunting has … Read more

NEW RELEASE: Leather Head Unmasked – Matt Converse

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Leather Head Unmasked

QSFer Matt Converse has a new gay horror book out: Leather Head Unmasked. After escaping the death grip of Leather Head, Gable needs a weekend getaway in Palm Springs with best friend, Shawn. In New York, Andrés and Tyler take that trip to the West Coast they’ve talked about for so long. In Arizona, Granger and his much younger boyfriend Liam head to Palm Springs to celebrate Pride weekend and decide to stay at a gay resort known to be the wildest in town. After a narrow escape from the police, Leather Head battles the inner demons from his past … Read more

The History of Halloween

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Each year on 31 October, people dress up, go to parties, go trick-or-treating, or watch their favourite horror films to celebrate the holiday that has become known as Halloween. Today, many queer people affectionately refer to Halloween as “Gay Christmas” – and it’s not hard to see why. The holiday has allowed LGBT+ people to express themselves freely in oppressive cultures. While other annual holidays are rooted in normalcy and repetition, Halloween is the birthplace of experimentation. Halloween is the most wonderful time of the year for queer people, but many aren’t aware of its fascinating history. In fact, Halloween … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Gold Persimmon – Lindsay Merbaum

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The Gold Persimmon - Lindsay Merbaum

QSFer Lindsay Merbaum has a new queer feminist horror book out (bi, lesbian, non-binary): The Golden Persimmon. Clytemnestra is a check-in girl at The Gold Persimmon, a temple-like New York City hotel with gilded furnishings and carefully guarded secrets. Cloistered in her own reality, Cly lives by a strict set of rules until a connection with a troubled hotel guest threatens the world she’s so carefully constructed. In a parallel reality, an inexplicable fog envelops the city, trapping a young, nonbinary writer named Jaime in a sex hotel with six other people. As the survivors begin to turn on one … Read more

TV: Murder Doll Chucky has a Gender Fluid Child

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Chucky confirms he’s “cool” with his genderfluid child in a new TV series and horror fans are thrilled. The infamous, murder-loving doll is back on screens for more bloody mayhem in the USA and SyFy TV series Chucky. It follows Jake, a teenager who unknowingly buys Chucky at a yard sale. In the second episode of the series, Jake, confronts Chucky after the doll reads his diary and discovers his crush on a classmate named Devon. That’s when Chucky tells Jake about his own queer and genderfluid child. Full Story from Pink News