Product Description

A striking and ambitious collection of gay horror fiction, covering a wide range of creatures of the night and all manner of urban terrors.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #433043 in Books
• Published on: 2000-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 250 pages

Review
Finally, horror without limits! The Queer Fear books are a revelation!
—Clive Barker (Clive Barker )

These stories shine an eerie light on the netherworld of queer obsession.
—Publishers Weekly (Publishers Weekly )

About the Author

Michael Rowe is the editor of the Lambda Literary Award winning Queer Fear II: Gay Horror Fiction as well as the first book in the series, the multi-nominated Queer Fear. His Queer Fear books have been finalists for several prestigious awards, including the International Horror Guild Award. Michael is also the Lambda Literary Award-nominated co-editor of two original vampire anthologies, Sons of Darkness and Brothers of the Night. An award-winning journalist and essayist whose work has appeared in The National Post, The Globe and Mail, and The Next City, Rowe is the author of two critically-acclaimed works of non-fiction, Looking For Brothersand Writing Below The Belt. A lifelong afficionado of the horror genre, his essays, articles and reviews have appeared in The Scream Factory, Rue Morgue, All Hallows, and Fangoria. A member of both PEN Canada and The Horror Writers Association, he lives in Toronto with his life-partner.

Customer Reviews

Great stories, well-chosen
One of the best horror anthologies I have ever come across. Really well-chosen, well-written stories. Starts off with a bang with NIGHTGUARD and keeps getting better. HEY, FAIRY! is a great story. Real imagination here, all through the book. Can't wait for the sequel!

A book I've been waiting for!
As a fan of horror fiction and and as a gay man, I've been waiting for a book like this, and I wasn't disappointed: this book contains an amazing array of gay horror stories, some by well-known writers, others by first-time authors. Michael Rowe has done a great job collecting these stories. I highly recommend it!

A Superb Achievement!
I loved this book! The stories were first-rate, including work by some of the best-known and accomplished horror writers in the field, including Michael Marano, Douglas Clegg, Caitlin R. Kiernan, and Brian Hodge. The stories ran the gamut from vampires and werewolves and ghosts, to more eclectic supernatural slitherings. The advantage of being the first book of this kind ever ("Bending The Landscape" is also good, though it came later than "Queer Fear") is that it breaks the ground and claims it as its own. This book, after all, was a finalist for two Lambda Literary Awards and a Spectrum Award. On the downside, there's something about a book like this that seems to exacerbate homophobia and jealousy in some readers, some of whom have reviewed it online (proving that if you can't write or edit yourself--or are a bigot--you can always diss a book online). I advise readers to that (...) and get to "Queer Fear," post-haste. I only wish editor Michael Rowe (who also edited the vampire books "Sons of Darkness" and "Brothers of the Night") had contributed some of his own work. I've read his non-fiction in "Fangoria" and "Rue Morgue," and his fiction in the "Northern Frights" series. It rocks! Oh, well...maybe next time...hope there's a sequel!