Book Rev:Queer Fear II: Gay Horror Fiction

Queer Fear II: Gay Horror Fiction Editor: Rowe, Michael Cover Art: James Huctwith Format: Trade Paperback Type: Horror Anthology Page Count: 304pp. Pub. Date: October 1, 2002 Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press

Winner of the 13th Annual Lambda Literary Award for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Nominated for the 15th Annual Lambda Literary Award for Best Anthologies/Fiction Nominated for the 2002 IHG Award Recognizing Outstanding Achievement in an Anthology Queer Fear II builds on the successes of its predecessor, Queer Fear, the groundbreaking gay-themed horror anthology that Gothic.net called “the best horror anthology of [the year],” which won the Queer Horror Award, and was a finalist for a Spectrum Award and two Lambda Literary Awards. This second volume includes among its stories new work by some stars of the first volume — International Horror Guild Award winners Gemma Files and Michael Marano, Bram Stoker Award winners David Nickle and Edo van Belkom, and screenwriter Ron Oliver. Science fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer, winner of the Aurora and Nebula Awards, crosses genres to appear alongside newer writers like Bram Stoker Award winner Brett Savory, novelist Sephera Giron, and classic British ghost story author Steve Duffy. And if that’s not enough, Queer Fear II also features a new, unpublished story by internationally acclaimed horror writer Poppy Z. Brite. The dark pleasures and anxieties of the Queer Fear books have their roots in the nightmarish, viral machinations of AIDS and homophobia, as well as the ghoulish, old-fashioned thrills of confronting things that go bump in the night. Queer Fear II will keep you up long past the witching hour. Table of Contents: Introduction: In Further Praise of Queer Fear by Michael Rowe Bugcrush by Scott Treleaven Polyphemus’ Cave by David Nickle Dead in the Water by C. Mark Umland Delicious Monster by Nalo Hopkinson Gaytown by Robert Boyczuk Digging Up Graves by William J. Mann artGod by Joseph O’Brien Black Shapes in a Darkened Room by Marshall Moore Night of the Werepuss by Michael Thomas Ford On Being a Fetish by David Coffey I Stand Alone by Sephera Giron Numbers by Steve Duffy Want by Ron Oliver Oh Yes, My Eyes by David Quinn One of the Boys by Edo van Belkom Till Human Voices Wake Us by Stephen Dedman Slice by Warren Dunford Veggie Mountain by Thomas S. Roche Exit Wound by Michael Marano Freshets by Brett Alexander Savory Bayou de la Mere by Poppy Z. Brite The Narrow World by Gemma Files Contributors You can search and get the book right at Amazon:

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