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edition:Paperback
category: Fiction
published: Oct 2002
ISBN:9781551521220
publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press

Queer Fear II

Gay Horror Fiction

edited by Michael Rowe

tagged: horror, anthologies (multiple authors), gay
Description

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And if that's not enough, Queer Fear II also features a new, unpublished story by internationally acclaimed horror writer Poppy Z. Brite.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.
Winner, Lambda Literary Award

About the Author

Michael Rowe is the award-winning author of three novels, two books of essays, and a book of interviews. His nonfiction has appeared in the National Post, The Globe & Mail, the Ottawa Citizen, the Huffington Post, SHARP, and The Boston Globe, among other venues. Between 2001 and 2009 he was a contributing writer to The Advocate. He won the 2008 Randy Shilts Award for his second essay collection, Other Men’s Sons (Cormorant Books, 2007), and has been a finalist for the GLAAD Media Award, the National Magazine Award, and the Shirley Jackson Award. He lives in Toronto, ON.

Awards
  • Short-listed, International Horror Guild Award
  • Winner, Gaylactic Award
  • Winner, Lambda Literary Award for Best SF/Fantasy/Horror
Editorial Reviews

Michael Rowe's Lambda Award-winning anthology of gay horror fiction is a kick-ass collection - erotic, scary and sometimes silly. Highlights include the opening story, "Bugcrush" by Scott Treleaven, about boys getting off on the venom from bug bites, and Ron Oliver's "Want," which explores the Twilight Zone-like moral "Be careful what you wish for."
-NOW Magazine

— NOW

These stories shine an eerie light on the netherworld of queer obsession.
-Publishers Weekly

— Publishers Weekly

Finally, horror without limits! The Queer Fear books are a revelation!
-Clive Barker

— Clive Barker
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