7 Books That Prove Horror Has Always Been Queer - Electric Literature

7 Books That Prove Horror Has Always Been Queer - Electric Literature

The monstrous, the grotesque, the uncanny—horror’s tropes have long provided figures through which queerness finds articulation, with both liberatory and suppressive consequences. Here, bodies defy definition and desire warps. But the horror landscape is also shifting. No longer confined to the subtextual periphery, contemporary queer horror is carving out its own terrain, reveling in its excesses and capacity to transform traditional genres. My…