Like me / Daniel Zomparelli. Wooly bully / Amber Dawn -- Ghost'd / Matthew Stepanic -- The vetala's song / Anuja Varghese -- The creation of Eve / Victoria Mbabazi -- Nature's mistake / David Demchuk -- On the origin of trans femmes / Kai Cheng Thom -- Insert coin / Emrys Donaldson -- You're no longer invited / Victoria Mbabazi -- #WWMD? / jaye simpson -- Twin soul (kaladua) / Tin Lorica -- Gruesome my love / Levi Cain -- Godzilla, silhouette against city / Ryan Dzelzkalns -- The Kyrkøgrim / Kelly Rose Pflug-Back -- Glamour-us / Andrew Wilmot -- Creature not of this lagoon / Anton Pooles -- Poem made from Pennywise / David Ly -- And the moon spun round like a top / Hiromi Goto -- 75 / Justin Ducharme -- An invisible man is humping a vampire / Steven Cordova -- The minotaur and Theseus (and other bullshit) / Ben Rawluk -- Cryptid cruising / Avra Margariti -- Invert / Saskia Nislow -- Strange case / Eddy Boudel Tan -- Naga Mark Ruffalo dream / beni xiao -- In our own / Matthew J. Trafford -- Dad movie / Kayla Czaga -- Ghosts of pride past / Cicely Belle Blain -- Floral arrangement I. / Kai Cheng Thom -- The call / David Ly -- Hideous creatures / Jane Shi -- Like me / Daniel Zomparelli.
Summary:
"A striking and playful anthology of fiction and poetry that removes queer monsters from the subtext and places them front and centre The 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-identification in the LGBTQ+ community, and over time, monsters have become queer icons. In Queer Little Nightmares, creatures of myth and folklore seek belonging and intimate connection, cryptids challenge their outcast status, and classic movie monsters explore the experience of coming into queerness. The characters in these stories and poems--the Minotaur camouflaged in a crowd of cosplayers, a pubescent werewolf, a Hindu revenant waiting to reunite with her lover, a tender-hearted kaiju, a lagoon creature aching for the swimmers above him, a ghost of Pride past--relish their new sparkle in the spotlight. Pushing against tropes that have historically been used to demonise, the queer creators of this collection instead ask: What does it mean to be (and to love) a monster? Contributors include Amber Dawn, David Demchuk, Hiromi Goto, jaye simpson, Eddy Boudel Tan, and Kai Cheng Thom."-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.