Queer Horror

The best book I've read in years. 
—Gretchen Felker-Martin, author of Manhunt

Ghost as metaphor for generational trauma may not be unique, but Yah Yah Scholfield proves that there are prime cuts yet to be excavated from the flank of this picked-over trope. This is everything I love about southern gothic literature, juxtaposing lucious prose with the grotesque history of a bloodstained place. Plus a sprinkling of maladjusted sapphic monsterfucking as a treat! Delectable and dicey, On Sundays She Picked Flowers promises the thrill of snooping through a forbidden drawer. You are as likely to discover a delicious secret as a razorblade hidden within.
—Esmé, Firestorm Collective member

If this banger of a collection were an album, it would be no skips!
—Esmé, Firestorm Collective member

With A Game In Yellow, Hailey Piper crafts an erotic descent into both madness and beauty. Haunting and strange cosmic chills that will grip you as tightly as a bondage frame. 
—Chuck Tingle, author of Lucky Day

A twisting thriller, a visceral dissection of dead friendships, and an exploration of how desperation for acceptance can fester into something awful - I had a blast with this one. 
—Andrew Joseph White, author of You Weren't Meant to Be Human

A trans pregnancy horror for a post-Roe world, You Weren't Meant to Be Human pushes the boundary of what is publishable. I'm not going to sugar coat it, this book is disturbing and gross. Even an iron-stomached horror fanatic will feel a lurch when White goes *there.* But even as White serves up platter after platter of ghastly cosmic horror, he reminds us that the truly terrifying will always be mundanely, achingly human. 
—Esmé, Firestorm Collective member

Ever had a string of bad luck so improbable you start to wonder what otherworldly  forces are plotting against you? Lucky Day follow the most compelling duo since Scully and Mulder as they pull at the threads of a grand conspiracy. It's a cosmically good romp that only enhances Tingle's explorations of more sobering concerns such as bisexual erasure and what we lose when 'the ends justify the means.' Also, as someone who reads a lot of great horror, the kills we get in this book are straight up B A N A N A S!
—Esmé, Firestorm Collective member

This chilling arctic survival horror wraps an icy hand around your chest, while still managing to pluck at your heartstrings!
—Esmé, Firestorm Collective member

I saw someone on Tiktok describe this as demon twink literature which made me cackle. This book is a beautiful and devastating meditation on love, grief, and loyalty with a cast of queer characters who reminded me of people in my own life as a former performance artist and poet with ties to Brooklyn, upstate New York, Berlin, and Mexico City.
—G, Firestorm Collective member

Horror anthologies are the best way to discover your new favorite author. No need to bother with tedious plot setup. These stories get straight to the jagged, bloodied point. It's like injecting adrenaline straight into your veins.
—Esmé, Firestorm Collective member

A briny, rotting ode to the things we must become to survive and the things we yearn to become when the surviving is over. In elegant, atmospheric prose, Trang Thanh Tran peels back layers of salty skin and sea foam to expose the truth: even when we are wrong, even when we are monstrous, we are whole.
—Courtney Gould, author of The Dead and the Dark

A brutal, brilliant story of motherhood, memory, and religion, deviously simple and terribly clever. King-Miller has become one of my must-read authors.
—Gretchen Felker-Martin, author of Manhunt