{"product_id":"split-open-queer-horror-danny-j-clearwater-9798185590959","title":"SPLIT OPEN - Queer Horror Stories Chapters 4-6 Leather Daddy, Pool Party, The Confessor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere is an organization that remembers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the world erases queer history, \u003cb\u003eThe Meridian \u003c\/b\u003epreserves everything: every underground club, every secret encounter, every act of desire and every sacrifice made in the dark. But preservation is not an act of kindness. It is a system. And it always demands something in return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume collects three stories (#4 - #5 - #6) from \u003cb\u003eSPLIT OPEN\u003c\/b\u003e, a queer horror saga spanning nearly a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSan Francisco, 1977\u003c\/b\u003e. Joel walks into a vintage leather gear shop on Folsom Street. The owner, a sixty-year-old man known only as \"Sir\" is charismatic, intimidating, and covered in faded tattoos. Joel buys a harness. That night, the leather tightens on its own, almost choking him... but the worst is yet to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles, 1986\u003c\/b\u003e. Asher, an aspiring actor, is invited to an exclusive pool party in the Hollywood Hills. A famous producer's villa, beautiful men, top-shelf drugs. But the guests start drowning - not by accident...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoston, 1983\u003c\/b\u003e. Father Michael Doyle hears confessions that aren't confessions at all-men whispering desires they've never spoken to another living soul, through the grille of his confessional. Then comes a man who isn't there to repent, but to watch. A card slides under the door: an address on Marlborough Street, a time, no name. What waits for him there isn't redemption. It's an archive that never forgets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach story stands alone. Together, they reveal fragments of a vast design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause \u003cb\u003eThe Meridian\u003c\/b\u003e is everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd it never forgets.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Danny J. Clearwater\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798185590959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Danny J. Clearwater","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174202777855,"sku":"9798185590959","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/split-open-queer-horror-danny-j-clearwater-9798185590959","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}