Queer Fear II: Gay Horror Fiction (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781551521220)

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 previous 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And if that's not enough, Queer Fear II will also feature a new, unpublished story by internationally acclaimed horror writer Poppy Z. Brite.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.

Michael Rowe is co-editor of Sons of Darkness and Brothers of the Night, and author of the essay collections Writing Below the Belt and Looking for Brothers. A journalist and essayist whose work has appeared in The Advocate and The Globe & Mail, he lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Author: Michael Rowe
ISBN-10: 1551521229
ISBN-13: 9781551521220
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2002
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.16h x 6.04w x 0.77d
Award: Lambda Literary Awards - Winner
Award: Lambda Literary Awards - Nominee
Award: Spectrum Awards - Winner

Review Citation(s):
PW Notes and Reprints 11/04/2002 pg. 68
Quill & Quire 11/01/2002 pg. 31
Publishers Weekly 11/04/2002