Queer Horror Stories to Celebrate Mary Shelley’s Birthday!

Today, August 30th, is Frankenstein Day and Mary Shelley’s Birthday! To celebrate the first horror novel, we decided to ask our contributors about their favorite queer horror novels and ended up with 28 titles for a very spooky end of summer. Contributors to this list are: Shadaras, D.V. Morse, Nova Mason, Terra P. Waters, Rhosyn Goodfellow, Nina Waters, Meera S., Shea Sullivan, Owl Outerbridge, Sanne, Tris Lawrence, boneturtle and an anonymous contributor.

• The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling
• Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
• The Devourers by Indra Das
• Into the Drowning Deep & Rolling in the Deep (Rolling in the Deep series) by Mira Grant
• What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier series) by T. Kingfisher
• Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle
• Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
• I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea
• Sixteen Souls by Rosie Talbot
• The Honeys by Ryan La Sala
• The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass
• Kaleidoscope of Death by Xi Zi Xu
• The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould
• Alice Isn’t Dead by Joseph Fink
• Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
• The Hills of Estrella Roja by Ashley Robin Franklin
• The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles series) by Anne Rice
• The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
• The Summer Hikaru Died by Mokumokuren
• Pet Shop of Horrors by Matsuri Akino
• Your Shadow Half Remains by Sunny Moraine
• The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
• Make the Exorcist Fall in Love by Aruma Arima & Masuku Fukayama
• Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
• Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo
• Fate/Stay Night by Type-Moon
• Umineko When They Cry by Ryukishi07
• Case 00: The Cannibal Boy from Sounding Stone
• Welcome to Night Vale
• The Silt Verses

What are your favorite queer horror novels? Tell us in the comments!

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