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The second volume of the Queer Fear series gathers fresh horror tales from acclaimed LGBTQ writers, including International Horror Guild Award winners Gemma Files and Michael Marano, Bram Stoker Award recipients David Nickle and Edo van Belkom, and screenwriter Ron Oliver. The anthology also spotlights newer voices like Brett Savory and Sephera Giron, alongside classic British ghost story author Steve Duffy, and presents an exclusive, unpublished story by Poppy Z. Brite. Continuing the thematic focus of its predecessor, Queer Fear II explores the anxieties of queer identity, the specter of AIDS, and the inherent terror of confronting the unknown.
First publish date: 2002
Genre: General Fiction/Anthologies
Authors: Michael Rowe
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