Why did Carmilla love this book?
There is so much to love about this book. It contains 26 stories of LGBTQ horror from some of my favourite authors, including Paul Tremblay and Hailey Piper. Each story is unique, but all share themes that reflect the very real threat of homophobia and/or transphobia. I enjoyed all three of the Unspeakable Horror books, but this is the only one I read in 2023; it came out in June for Pride Month.
Hailey Piper’s “Bad with Secrets” is a wonderfully weird tale set in the 1950s that casts McCarthy (yes, THAT McCarthy) as an evil sorcerer. Honestly, I got chills reading it.
And Paul Tremblay’s story “If Dillon Believed in any Kind of Ghosts” is brilliant. Nana is an adorable side character. I love the way it mixes mundane family interactions with moments of shocking violence and terror.
This book definitely brightened Pride Month for me.
1 author picked Unspeakable Horror 3 as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
The third terrifying volume in the award-winning anthology series of original queer horror.
Like the final girl in a slasher film, the LGBTQIA community knows first-hand what it’s like to fight for its survival. Beaten and bloodied after an extended chase scene through modern-day politics and the courts, we think we’ve triumphed and conquered our oppressors. We breathe a little easier knowing our rainbow is ascending in the distance. But—like the indestructible slasher villain—our enemies rise up again and again, as if on a looping third-act jump scare. It’s a seemingly never-ending return to battle as the pendulum of progress…
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