Unburied: A Collection of Queer Dark Fiction
Release date: June 1, 2021
An asteroid miner recovering from an accident learns that the cure might be scarier than the trauma. A man discovers a mirror in an antiques shop that allows its gazers to climb inside and visit paradise. A teenager is haunted by the memory of a strange boy who appeared in his bedroom when he was a child. A future pandemic survivor is forced to make a terrible sacrifice in order to save the world's gay male population. A cult survivor sees a man who reminds him of someone from the past and begins to lose a bit of his hard-earned control. An entity that exhibits characteristics of both angel and vampire tells its peculiar story to an anonymous confessor and potential lover in the shadows of an LGBTQ club.
Silent film actresses who haunt a Hollywood Hills mansion, mysterious beings who lurk in the closet, and witches who may or may not live under the bed: these and many other dark fiction entities from this twisted box of curiosities come together to serve the reader a cornucopia of chilling horror, sci-fi terror, and dark fantasy. In a bloody twist on the antiquated trope of "burying the gays,” sixteen established and award-winning genre fiction scribes from around the globe, including Felice Picano (Lambda Award nominee and co-founder of The Violet Quill), Greg Herren (Lambda Award winner and co-founder of the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival), Daniel M. Jaffe (Rainbow Award and American Fiction Prize finalist), and Thomas Kearnes (Lambda Award nominee), put forth a dazzling array of creature features, shadow fables, and dreadful delusions spotlighting LGBTQ+ characters.
Prepare to unearth your deepest nightmares.
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J. (Joanne) Askew
“Cut Off Your Nose to Spite Your Race” (Sci-fi terror)
A young couple must do their duty on the breeding colony of Mars, but corruption has leaked into the once noble institute, and Harper Sand will need to direct her wild heart to find a loophole out of an amoral system.
Laramie Dean
“The Other Boy”
(Psychological horror)
A teenager who is haunted by the memory of a strange boy who appeared in his bedroom when he was a child. When his parents, with whom he has a troubled relationship, invite a stranger into their home, he believes it to be the same boy from his childhood.
Laura DeHaan
“Open Up and Let Me In”
(Paranormal horror)
A wife tries memory reconsolidation therapy after being haunted by her murdered wife's ghost.
Christina Delia
“Moi Aussi”
(Ghost tale)
The spirits of two silent film actresses outraged at watching the abuse that occurs within the Hollywood Hills house where they took their own lives decide to seek revenge.
Sarah Lyn Eaton
“When the Dust Settles”
(Sci-fi terror)
An asteroid miner recovering from an accident learns that the cure might be scarier than the trauma when the other injured miners start dying.
Greg Herren
“Night Follows Night”
(Psychological horror)
When Zane was a child, he belonged to a religious cult, escaping when he was eighteen. While it has been some time since he escaped, he still bears some deep psychological scarring, and when he sees a man who reminds him of someone from the cult, he begins to lose a bit of his hard-earned control.
Daniel M. Jaffe
“The Procedure”
(Sci-fi terror)
A future pandemic survivor is forced to make a terrible sacrifice in order to save the world's gay male population.
Thomas Kearnes
“I Can’t Wait to Become a Man” (Psychological horror)
A middle-aged recent rehab graduate shares a duplex with an ex-lover who insists their paths never cross.
Veronica Zora Kirin
“1,000 Tiny Cuts”
(Psychological thriller)
After a woman marries and begins to build a family with an elegant woman who seems totally out of her league, she discovers that what the new wife wants most isn’t domestic bliss but utter control, and she will learn just how far her wife will go to maintain it.
George Daniel Lea
“Blessed”
(Dark fantasy)
An entity that exhibits characteristics of both the angel and the vampire tells its peculiar story to an anonymous confessor and potential lover in the shadows of an LGBTQ club.
Azzurra Nox
“Some Kind of Monster”
(Monster horror)
Sharon is plagued by a reoccurring nightmare and begins to cheat sleep to avoid it. But an encounter with a sultry stranger has her rethink her fear.
Elin Olausson
“Razor, Knife”
(Psychological horror)
Twiggy and Bell are cousins, best friends, freaks, and outcasts, and they have no need for other people—until Twiggy finds himself in love with beautiful Martin and is torn between the normal world and his and Bell’s twisted darkness.
Robert P. Ottone
“For the Gods”
(Dark fable)
A young boy experiences an awakening after moving to a new town and encountering a mysterious being. something interesting about your business here.
Felice Picano
“Flawed”
(Dark fantasy)
A man discovers a mirror in an antiques shop that allows its gazers to climb inside and visit paradise.
Louis Stephenson
“The Red Candle”
(Dark fantasy)
When a teenager's grandmother passes away, she leaves behind a gift that will change her grandchild’s life forever.
M.C. St. John
“Sweet Dreams”
(Monster horror)
A father claims to his son that there is no witch under the bed, but she begs to differ.