Queer Little Nightmares: An Anthology of Monstrous Fiction and Poetry

Queer Little Nightmares: An Anthology of Monstrous Fiction and PoetryThe fiction and poetry of Queer Little Nightmares reimagines monsters old and new through a queer lens, subverting the horror gaze to celebrate ideas and identities canonically feared in monster lit. Throughout history, monsters have appeared in popular culture as stand ins for the non conforming, the marginalized of society. Pushed into the shadows as objects of fear, revulsion, and hostility, these characters have long conjured fascination and self

she finds she doesn't mind very much

His urgent wish was to share with a new generation what he himself had loved

17-year-old Magda hides

Keyes' clever way with words and extraordinary wit

But there are newcomers too

Allison runs away from a troubled home life and takes up in an elderly woman's shed

a feeling deepened by the reluctance of the locals to talk of the woman in black - and her terrible purpose

to ladette culture

'Flannery's flawed

any woman who thinks the most important gender battles are won

at the same time

contributing to the early development of the Erasmus scheme