Category Archives: Everyday I Read the Book: Literary Thoughts

ReQueered Tales brings us something scary and steamy

Posted on August 16, 2019 by Daniel

Originally published in 1991, Steam by Jay B. Laws is a gay horror novel that was timely in its day, could be read today as a throwback by horror fans who were around back then, and would probably have to … Continue reading →

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Will you have a howling good time with this 8-movie werewolf franchise?

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Daniel

I’m not going to go into depth about The Howling from 1981, because it’s a classic, and shame on you if you haven’t seen it. Yes, I’m totally horror shaming! It is director Joe Dante’s horror masterpiece, stars Dee Wallace, … Continue reading →

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Scared stiff: give it the old fist pump if horror makes you hot….

Posted on June 5, 2019 by Daniel

A second revised post about my life in gay horror that originally appeared on my former publisher’s website, which I am reposting on Boys, Bears & Scares so it will have a permanent home. This time I’m scared stiff and … Continue reading →

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Calling all gay horror whores

Posted on June 5, 2019 by Daniel

To celebrate horror pride, I’ve revised several of my posts about my life in gay horror, which originally appeared on my former publisher’s website, and I am reposting them on Boys, Bears & Scares so they’ll have a permanent home. … Continue reading →

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30 years of Stepford wives, children, and husbands

Posted on May 24, 2019 by Daniel

I’m a big fan of Ira Levin’s novels, and most have been adapted into films, including Rosemary’s Baby, The Boys from Brazil, Sliver, A Kiss Before Dying, and of course, The Stepford Wives. I was young when the 1975 film … Continue reading →

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Gay horror Stephen King approves and gay horror he wrote

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Daniel

It was completely unintentional that I read two books in a row featuring gay couples—I just randomly picked the shortest books off the massive pile I still need to read to shrink it a bit faster. But this happy accident … Continue reading →

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LGBTQ…Z?

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Daniel

There’s nothing like cracking open a collection of LGBTQ zombie stories and discovering a good chunk of them are by authors I know! Editor Bill Tucker’s gay zombie horror anthology gathers together 28 tales with plenty of variety in both … Continue reading →

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1970s horror: my formative years

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Daniel

With a shrinking number of movies left in my collection to blog about, I figured it was time to finish off the 1970s stuff. So, here goes. Eight of them. And since it’s the 70s, dare I say eight is … Continue reading →

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A Halloween horror anthology for October bedtime reading

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Daniel

A while back, I blogged about two books by author Alexander S. Brown and also did a Q&A with him. I had a third book of his in my “to read” pile, but I wanted to wait until the right … Continue reading →

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3 doses of wicked women from the 1980s

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Daniel

I’m close to being tapped of any 1980s horror in my collection that I haven’t yet blogged about, and I cross three more off the list with this nostalgic triple feature. GHOST STORY (1981) I read Peter Straub’s novel in … Continue reading →

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