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New Release: Dark Heart of Ilmoure – Cara N. Delaney

Dark Heart of Ilmoure - Cara N. Delaney

Cara N. Delaney has a new queer Lovecraftian horror book out: Dark Heart of Ilmoure. Years ago, all she wanted was to leave. Now, a web of secrets might ensnare her forever. When Iris Grey returns to her hometown of Ilmoure years after a bitter parting, she hopes for reconciliation in the face of a tragedy. Instead, she arrives to a town changed for the worse, a cold welcome from people she once loved, and a family that seems to be keeping secrets from her at every turn. When those secrets become too heavy to ignore, Iris starts to dig … Read more

Movies: Chilling Trailer Released for M Night Shyamalan’s New LGBTQ+ Horror Film

Knock at the Cabin

The second trailer for the upcoming apocalyptic psychological horror film Knock at the Cabin gives fans full plot details for the first time. Adapted from the acclaimed 2018 horror novel The Cabin at the End of the World by horror master M Night Shyamalan, the film depicts a family of three – two dads and their daughter – who are confronted by a group of strangers demanding that they must sacrifice one family member to avert the apocalypse. Starring Jonathon Groff and Ben Aldridge as Andrew and Eric, a gay couple vacationing with their adorable daughter Wen (Kristen Cui), the … Read more

Clive Barker Wants to do a Trans Remake of “The Mummy”

The Mummy - Universal Pictures

The initial remake of Universal Pictures’ 1932 film The Mummy could have had a transgender lead character if gay horror writer and director Clive Barker had got his way. Barker, best known for being the brilliant writer behind Hellraiser and Candyman, has revealed that he and filmmaker Mick Garris pitched the idea of Universal way back in 1989, but the idea was rejected outright. Speaking together on Garris’ podcast Post Mortem, the pair reminisced about their desire to incorporate a trans lead into their initial remake, suggesting that the idea could still happen today. Full Story from Pink News

New Filmmakers Move Beyond “Bury Your Gays” Trope in Horror

Queer for Fear 2

Draped in a floor-length white gown, sporting a precisely stitched jawline and blowout hairdo with that now-famous ripple of white, the Bride of Frankenstein catches her first breath of life, her eyes darting around the laboratory. The Monster descends a staircase, hand outstretched. “Friend?” he beckons. She shrieks in terror, turning away. The subtext: “Oh no, I know this man is not for me!” The Monster’s bride is “one of the most explicit queer-coded characters to exist,” says producer-director Bryan Fuller, whose four-part docuseries Queer for Fear premiered this month on Shudder. The premise of a woman rejecting what society … Read more

New Release: Inflicted – Leo Otherland

Inflicted - Leo Otherland

QSFer Leo Otherland has a new speculative fiction collection out (horror, science fantasy, space opera, urban fantasy – ace, gay, lesbian, non-binary, trans FTM): Inflicted. “Pain is pain. It all hurts the same.” Inflicted with dark desire, one man chooses between idyllic pretense and disturbing reality. Haunted by the silence of deep space, an engineer chases an eerie melody. Torn between penance and pride, a dishonored prince challenges the course of history. Suffering cracks our hearts and splinters our minds. It scars and alters us in irreversible ways. Yet while pain breaks us apart, it also binds us together. Our … Read more

Movies: How M3GAN’s Viral Doll Dance Came to Be

M3GAN

The creators of one of the internet’s newest gay icons, the murderous doll from upcoming horror flick M3GAN, have revealed how the now-iconic dance from the trailer came to life. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, the film’s director, Gerard Johnstone, explained how the doll’s viral dance moment came to life – and it seems a lack of sleep played a key part. “It was one of those crazy, sleep-deprived, 3am thoughts,” he explained of the dance sequence, which sees M3GAN spontaneously breaking out into TikTok-esque moves in a hallway while brandishing a large knife. “Wouldn’t it kind of be funny if … Read more

New Release: Alternative Holidays Anthology

Alternative Holidays anthology

QSFer Alicia Hilton has a new queer fantasy short in the new anthology Alternative Holidays. Alternative Holidays is an anthology that takes a dark—and sometimes humorous—look at many of our favorite holidays. You’ll be transported from the bottom of the sea to Mount Olympus, from shopping malls in hell to a bathtub in a cheap motel. Cthulhu awakens. Cupid becomes a vigilante. Santa grants deadly wishes. And that’s just the beginning of your journey into alternative visions of the holidays we know, love, and sometimes fear. Get It At Amazon | Publisher Excerpt Cupid’s Confessionby Alicia Hilton A nude sphinx … Read more

New Release: The Whistler – Matt Converse

The Whistler - Matt Converse

QSFer Matt Converse has a new queer horror book out (trans MTF): The Whistler. When you hear him, it’s already too late. No one has seen him. He only comes out in the dead of night, whistling a haunting tune. As a horror writer, Mason Murdock scares people for a living. Now the tables have turned. The killer leaves gruesome, bloody clues on his victim’s bodies to let the world—and Mason—know who will be next. And no one is safe. Get It At Amazon Excerpt In the dead of night, I hear someone whistling a haunting tune that chills me … Read more

Review: Volaria – M.D. Neu

Volaria - MD. Neu

Genre: Sci-Fi, Paranormal, Horror LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Volaria, your home away from Earth. Humans are no longer alone; they have been joined by Arcanes, Lycans, and Vampires. It’s been over a hundred years since the Earth went through The Shift. Where once almost eight billion humans lived, the population now holds at four billion. But that wasn’t the only change. No one anticipated the branching of human DNA to produce new species of humans. Arcanes, Lycans, and Vampires are hidden throughout the genome, awaiting puberty before they manifest distinctly unhuman abilities. … Read more

NEW RELEASE / GIVEAWAY: Parasite – Ridley Harker

Parasite - Ridley Harker

Ridley Harker has a new gay horror book out (with a romantic subplot): Parasite. And there’s a giveaway. Seventeen-year-old Jack Ives is used to being unlucky. His only friend has just moved away to college, his parents are alcoholics, and he’s relentlessly bullied by the town psychopath. All that begins to change with the arrival of a handsome but quirky new student, Lucien, who wants to be more than friends. Their newfound happiness doesn’t last, however, as a strange new illness strikes the island. Fishermen go missing, and the villagers left behind aren’t themselves anymore. When Lucien is suspected to … Read more