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Oak King Holly King is a Victorian romantasy wherein a fearsome fae warrior destined for ritual sacrifice seeks a mortal clerk fated to save him.
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The beginning of a trilogy about a god of death and the world who has to put up with him
Book 1: A disaster bisexual convicted of stabbing a politician gets chosen to be Prophet of Death. The priesthood is… not thrilled. Get it here
Book 2: A retired assassin gets hired to find a cure for a young lord’s poisoned daughter. Along the way he meets a nonbinary bard with the power to change people’s emotions by touching them. Maybe they fall in love? :3 Get it here
You can read them out of order, as long as you read both before book 3 (which will come out 2025)!
Read the reviews here
Trigger warnings are listed in amazon descriptions.
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masterpost of horror lists
here are all my horror lists in one place to make it easier to find! enjoy!
sub-genres
action horror
analog horror
animal horror
animated horror
anthology horror
aquatic horror
apocalyptic horror
backwoods horror
bubblegum horror
campy horror
cannibal horror
children’s horror
comedy horror
coming-of-age horror
corporate/work place horror
cult horror
dance horror
dark comedy horror
daylight horror
death games
domestic horror
ecological horror
erotic horror
experimental horror
fairytale horror
fantasy horror
folk horror
found footage horror
giallo horror
gothic horror
grief horror
historical horror
holiday horror
home invasion horror
house horror
indie horror
isolation horror
insect horror
lgbtqia+ horror
lovecraftian/cosmic horror
medical horror
meta horror
monster horror
musical horror
mystery horror
mythological horror
neo-monster horror
new french extremity horror
paranormal horror
political horror
psychedelic horror
psychological horror
religious horror
revenge horror
romantic horror
dramatic horror
science fiction horror
slasher
southern gothic horror
sov horror (shot-on-video)
splatter/body horror
survival horror
techno-horror
vampire horror
virus horror
werewolf horror
western horror
witch horror
zombie horror
horror plots/settings
road trip horror
summer camp horror
cave horror
doll horror
cinema horror
cabin horror
clown horror
wilderness horror
asylum horror
small town horror
college horror
plot devices
storm horror
from a child’s perspective
final girl/guy (this is slasher horror trope)
last guy/girl (this is different than final girl/guy)
reality-bending horror
slow burn horror
possession
pregnancy horror
foreign horror or non-american horror
african horror
spanish horror
middle eastern horror
korean horror
japanese horror
british horror
german horror
indian horror
thai horror
irish horror
scottish horror
slavic horror (kinda combined a bunch of countries for this)
chinese horror
french horror
australian horror
canadian horror
decades
silent era
30s horror
40s horror
50s horror
60s horror
70s horror
80s horror
90s horror
2000s horror
2010s horror
2020s horror
companies/services
blumhouse horror
a24 horror
ghosthouse horror
shudder horror
other lists
horror literature to movies
techno-color horror movies
video game to horror movie adaption
video nasties
female directed horror
my 130 favorite horror movies
horror movies critics hated because they’re stupid
horror remakes/sequels that weren’t bad
female villains in horror
horror movies so bad they’re good
non-horror movies that feel like horror movies
directors + their favorite horror movies + directors in the notes
tumblr’s favorite horror movie (based off my poll)
horror movie plot twists
cult classic horror movies
essential underrated horror films
worst horror movie husbands
religious horror that isn’t christianity
black horror movies
extreme horror (maybe use this as an avoid list)
horror shorts
I hit the 100 link post limit (oopsie) but I gotta add this last one
hammer horror criterion horror made for tv horror horror sub-genre: psycho-biddy trope: good for her
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Anyway. If you like books that contain "very long, very explicit sex scenes" then maybe you'll like One Night in Hartswood more than this person did 🤷
And if you've already read ONIH and want an even steamier bonus sex scene, then check out Kneel over on AO3 👀
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If you are transmasc, specifically an angry transmasc, specifically specifically an angry artistic/creative transmasc who likes horror, you should read The Church of the Mountain of Flesh by Kyle Wakefield.
CotMoF follows a trans man named Sole as he navigates life in a small medieval Italian town perched on seaside cliffs. After his life is torn apart by an earthquake, a religious uprising (that he started), and the death of his childhood sweetheart, Sole makes a deal with God - rebuild the church, in return for the body of a man.
The story is full of body horror, religious overtones, and some of the most painful and nuanced depictions of dysphoria I've ever read (/pos). I have a full review I've written for Casual Obsession Horror Podcast's website that will go live next week where I get into the nitty gritty of my feelings on that, but in the meantime I urge other people to (after reading the content warnings) READ THIS BOOK!!! 1 part cautionary tale, 1 part wish fulfillment, 3 parts devastatingly well-written character study. Read it pls.
Get a copy or search The Church of the Mountain of Flesh for more, non-amazon purchasing options.
My article elaborating on my many feelings about Sole De Gasinis:
https://www.casualhorrorpod.com/book-reviews/church-of-the-mountain-of-flesh
I made this at 2am and do not remember why. Anyway, Fiorenzo crossword.
Across 5. A ruthless prince. 7. A victim of operatic machinations. 8. A poison allegedly used by the Borgias; no real-world analog has been found. 10. One who knows his price but not his worth. 12. The fantasy-of-manners genre. 13. A newspaper, named for the coin it costs. 14. The ideal novel contains no fewer than five instances of this. 15. One who wears a beaked mask with glass eyes. 16. A mask that hides scars carved deep by betrayal. Down 1. The bestest boy. 2. An opera house master and producer, not unlike Vivaldi. 3. A master artisan who knows Fiore better than he knows himself. 4. A knight of Halcyon. 6. The most fun a man can have with his clothes on - or off, frankly. 9. Curtained cabin aboard a gondola. 11. Begging for the chance to be someone's righteous blade. 13. A devoted sister. 14. A city of serenity wed to the sea.
Fiorenzo is a fantasy-of-manners romance featuring swordplay, hurt/comfort, and a happily-ever-after. Fiore has a plan. Find a wealthy elderly gentleman, delight him until the end of his days, and retire on the resulting inheritance. It’s the best outcome a low-born courtesan in the city of Halcyon can hope for. And it seems a perfect scheme… until a mysterious masked man upends it. Banished from university after a disastrous duel, Enzo wanders the city searching for scraps of the affection he’s lost. His public mask conceals private agonies. A single night in the company of a courtesan, however, balms his wounded heart, and he finds himself returning again and again to Fiore, revealing more of himself than he’s ever dared before. Furthermore, and more astonishing still, Fiore finds he returns Enzo’s affections. But while Fiore wears no mask, he nonetheless has secrets of his own. And when the ghosts of their pasts return to haunt them, only the bond of trust between them will carry them through.
The House With the Haunted Heart is available for preorder!
The House: A gently decaying Victorian with a well-deserved reputation for being haunted. On its fifth foreclosure after previous owners abandoned it. The Homeowner: Aaron Calveley, recently escaped from Silicon Valley and working remotely at his programming job. A gay, half-Asian horror nerd with a reasonably popular gaming stream. Single, and hoping to fix that through the power of online dating. What exactly is haunting the house, and what does it want with its latest buyer? Will Aaron ever have a good date, let alone find a boyfriend? Is the East Bay worth it? Hopefully the pizza delivery driver learns to find Aaron before the ghost does. Tags: low-stakes haunting, m/m/m-ish (house) romance, open door spice, everyday magic, mild creepiness, major fluff
This is my 9th self-published novel, huzzah! It's soft, it's weird, and it's really very monsterfucker lite by tumblr standards. The final configuration is m/m/house, but in a very sweet way. As you'd expect from me, really. There's food porn, porn-porn, and some light creepiness as the house and homeowner decide to learn to live together after all.
it's out!
from “James Baldwin, The Art of Fiction No. 78,” interviewed by Jordan Elgrably, Paris Review (no. 91, Spring 1984)
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Queer Your Library
Reminder to request queer books from your libraries!
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This week on Right Here Write Queer, please enjoy this special sneak peek into the audiobook of Oak King Holly King - a gay Victorian fae romance by Sebastian Nothwell, read by Gary Furlong.
Shrike, the Butcher of Blackthorn, is a legendary warrior of the fae realms. When he wins a tournament in the Court of the Silver Wheel, its queen names him her Oak King - a figurehead destined to die in a ritual duel to invoke the change of seasons. Shrike is determined to survive. Even if it means he must put his heart as well as his life into a mere mortal’s hands. Wren Lofthouse, a London clerk, has long ago resigned himself to a life of tedium and given up his fanciful dreams. When a medieval-looking brute arrives at his office to murmur of destiny, he’s inclined to think his old enemies are playing an elaborate prank. Still, he can’t help feeling intrigued by the bizarre-yet-handsome stranger and his fantastical ramblings, whose presence stirs up emotions Wren has tried to lock away in the withered husk of his heart. As Shrike whisks Wren away to a world of Wild Hunts and arcane rites, Wren is freed from the repression of Victorian society. But both the fae and mortal realms prove treacherous to their growing bond. Wren and Shrike must fight side-by-side to see who will claim victory - Oak King or Holly King.
Oak King Holly King is a romantasy wherein a fearsome fae warrior destined for ritual sacrifice seeks a Victorian clerk fated to save him.
Chapter Eleven of Theo - a transmasc historical MM romance inspired by Little Women - is up on Patre♡n, wherein sibling rivalry boils over after the ball.
A beta version of my romance novel database is finally live!
It has ~150 books in it right now. Most of it is locked, but you should be able to edit the Book Recs and Book Recs Tags pages to update the suggestions it gives. Please note that the inclusion of a book in this database does not mean I recommend it--it just means that I read it in the last year or so.
As you'll see if you take a look, there's still a fair amount of work to be done. A few things I'm working on right now:
Data dictionary: Definitions of the character traits, tropes, setting, etc. included in the database
Vibes: A column for how the book feels (rather than just what's included in it)
More books: The most important part of the database! These are all being put in manually, so right now it's pretty slow and labor intensive. But a database is only as useful as the data in it, so a database with more books is always going to be more useful
Working beyond romance: I'm currently playing around with ways to make a comparable database for urban fantasy series, but I'm still pretty far away from having something complete. Because of how I set this up, there's not an easy way to use it for other genres
Take a look and tell me what you think! What would make this more useful when looking for books either to read or to comp?
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Call for submissions!
Writer friends! Bona Books, who you may remember from their debut anthology last year, I Want that Twink Obliterated, are open again for submissions for their new anthology, Wrath Month.
From their website:
We’re seeking fantasy, science-fiction, and horror short stories that embrace punk and queer rage. There’s a glass ceiling in SFF representation, and we want you to throw a brick through it. Bring us the coven that burned Salem and your roaring bear-serkers. We want gangs of acid-wash werewolves, furious bipyromancers, flesh-eating femmes, and vengeant celestial bois—a cast of the downtrodden who make ruins of their oppressors. Wrath lies at the heart of queer liberation—it can be a spur to action and the only righteous response to a world that would prefer we didn’t exist. So crash mainframes, collapse empires, and break normativity. Pride month is over. It’s time for— Wrath Month
I chatted to the team at MCM London last year, and they were super cool. I really love the work they're doing, and you can submit/learn more here:
The House With the Haunted Heart is available for preorder!
The House: A gently decaying Victorian with a well-deserved reputation for being haunted. On its fifth foreclosure after previous owners abandoned it. The Homeowner: Aaron Calveley, recently escaped from Silicon Valley and working remotely at his programming job. A gay, half-Asian horror nerd with a reasonably popular gaming stream. Single, and hoping to fix that through the power of online dating. What exactly is haunting the house, and what does it want with its latest buyer? Will Aaron ever have a good date, let alone find a boyfriend? Is the East Bay worth it? Hopefully the pizza delivery driver learns to find Aaron before the ghost does. Tags: low-stakes haunting, m/m/m-ish (house) romance, open door spice, everyday magic, mild creepiness, major fluff
This is my 9th self-published novel, huzzah! It's soft, it's weird, and it's really very monsterfucker lite by tumblr standards. The final configuration is m/m/house, but in a very sweet way. As you'd expect from me, really. There's food porn, porn-porn, and some light creepiness as the house and homeowner decide to learn to live together after all.
