Category Archives: Everyday I Read the Book: Literary Thoughts

A triple feature of gay slasher fiction!

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Daniel

Thanks to Boys, Bears & Scares, I’ve become familiar with a whole lot of fellow gay horror authors who grew up on 1980s slasher movies as I did. Just like me, these guys have taken their love of scary movies…and … Continue reading →

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Tales of sex and nightmares from author Wayne Mansfield

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Daniel

The title of author Wayne Mansfield’s erotic horror collection might be Love and Nightmares, but as always, Mansfield knows how to deliver the sex with his fantastical stories. This collection consists of five longer stories, each running thirty pages or … Continue reading →

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Star Wars: Return of the Dead-i?

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Daniel

I love zombies. I love Star Wars. I had no love for the idea of mixing the two. In fact, although I collect all the books in the Star Wars universe, it took me quite a few years to give … Continue reading →

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Camp Carnage is coming to convert you…and kill you

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Daniel

Imagine an 80s summer camp slasher movie that features gay kids getting massacred, and you’ve got the novel Camp Carnage by Elliot Arthur Cross and Joshua Winning. Set in 1986 (complete with 80s pop culture references), this page-turning gay horror … Continue reading →

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The perfect creature feature popcorn movie…that’s a book

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Daniel

With his novel Squish-Squash, author Pol McShane has written my favorite kind of horror novel. It’s a short, fast read that you can picture as a horror movie in your mind as you’re breezing through the pages. While this isn’t … Continue reading →

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Getting into Hal Bodner’s gay horror novel series

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Daniel

If you pick up a novel title about a gay vampire feeding on men in West Hollywood, you kind of expect that it’s going to be campy fun. The opening kill of Bite Club may give the impression that this … Continue reading →

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Reliving the horror of the 1970s

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Daniel

In the 90s, I worked two jobs (video store and book store—awesome) to pay my way through college, which, between my undergrad and Masters, took all ten years of the decade to accomplish. Aside from school and work, I spent … Continue reading →

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My attempt at one of those 2-sentence horror stories

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Daniel

“SNORE” by Daniel W. Kelly In the darkness of the bedroom, Tommy heard the snoring finally stop abruptly, so he closed his eyes and thought, I wish I didn’t have a twin brother who snores. From the direction of his … Continue reading →

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Alan Wake – the horror of playing a bestselling author

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Daniel

It’s shocking to me that Alan Wake isn’t considered one of the scariest survival horror games of all time. It is so easily comparable to Silent Hill and is fricking terrifying! It’s also a visually beautiful game. And the attention … Continue reading →

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Don’t be afraid of the past…until it comes back to haunt you!

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Daniel

Do you like your gay romance scary? F.E. Feeley Jr.’s Objects in the Rearview Mirror is like Paranormal Activity with a little The Amityville Horror thrown in for good measure. It’s a perfect, quick read for lovers of the current … Continue reading →

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