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

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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

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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

TV: Netflix’s The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself – the Gory Queer Fantasy You’ve Been Waiting For

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The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself

Netflix’s new fantasy series The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself, based on the Half Bad series by Sally Green, is a tale of magic, gore and urban fantasy. As Nathan (Jay Lycurgo), illegitimate son of the world’s most dangerous witch, approaches his 17th birthday, the clock begins ticking. He must find his father and drink his blood – or suffer the most severe consequences. Set in a world where magical creatures, witches and fains live among mortals, Nathan goes on a quest that finds him caught in the middle of warring clans and the shadow of his father – … Read more

New Release: The Whistler – Matt Converse

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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

NEW RELEASE / GIVEAWAY: Parasite – Ridley Harker

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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

New Release / Giveaway: Clarity Anthology

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Queer Sci Fi’s newest LGBTQ+ speculative fiction anthology is here: Clarity. And there’s a giveaway. Clarity (noun) Four definitions to inspire writers around the world and an unlimited number of possible stories to tell: 1) Coherent and intelligible2) Transparent or pure3) Attaining certainty about something4) Easy to see or hear Clarity features 300-word speculative flash fiction stories from across the rainbow spectrum, from the minds of the writers of Queer Sci Fi. About the Series: Every year, Queer Sci Fi runs a one-word theme contest for 300 word flash fiction stories, and then we choose 120 of the best for … Read more

TV: Trans Actor Jamie Clayton as Pinhead in Hellraiser Remake

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Jamie Clayton as Pinhead - Hellraiser trailer

A reveal trailer for the blood-curdling Hellraiser reboot has finally been unlocked with a first look at Jamie Clayton as Pinhead. The Hulu original movie stars trans actress Jamie Clayton as the iconic, masochistic villain Pinhead who leads a group of pain-obsessed beings called the Cenobites that feed off of the suffering of others. The petrifying trailer, which was released by Hulu, shows various victims solving a puzzle box known as the Lament Configuration which, once solved, allows the Cenobites to enter the world. Full Story from Pink News

New Release: Listen: The Sound of Fear – Alex Silver

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Listen anthology

QSFer Alex Silver has a story in a new LGBTQ+ gothic horror anthology (bi, gay, lesbian, non-binary, trans FTM): Listen: The Sound of Fear. A knocking. A ringing. A steady drip-drip-drip. These are the sounds that haunt us. Drive us mad. Draw us in like the songs of sirens, hypnotic and deadly. And we must either give in, or resist with everything we have…and hope it’s enough. Listen: The Sound of Fear offers ten stories written exclusively by trans and nonbinary authors that explore the chilling, perplexing, terrifying nature of sound. Kill Your Darlings. When two shop workers in 1894 … Read more

New Release: Goddess of the Ancients – Roan Rosser

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Goddess of the Ancients - Roan Rosser

QSFer Roan Rosser has a new MM dark urban fantasy out, Changing Bodies book 3: Goddess of the Ancients. The neon lights of Las Vegas mask the horrors hiding in the shadows. Horrors like my ancient vampiric maker, the Goddess Tawaret. Tawaret promises me power in exchange for helping her. She wants to be worshiped again, and has me gathering vampire followers. My boyfriend, Jack, tries to warn me about her, but I don’t listen. Too late, I realize my mistake in accepting. Now there is no escape. After the slaughter she left behind in Portland, no one wants to … Read more

New Release: Nature of the Beast – S.L. Kassidy

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Nature of the Beast - S.L. Kassidy

S.L. Kassidy has a new FF occult horror book out: Nature of the Beast. Tala Grayson, an introverted pharmaceutical student often let’s her anxiety get the better of her. But, she has to do the unthinkable and go into a sex club to support a friend. She catches the eye of the club manager, Citlali Zhen. Citlali is outgoing, social, and confident. The two women couldn’t be more different, but those differences spark something more. The sparks are interrupted when a pushy patron saunters into the club. Citlali has to keep the patron happy, but the patron asks for more … Read more