Queer & Trans Horror Books to Read This Halloween Season

Samantha Josephs is the author of the trans horror novel Carrying, out tomorrow from G.P. Putnam’s Sons. Below, she recommends three trans and queer horror reads. (Photo credit: Jack Dailey.)Content warning: homophobic slur Herculine by Grace ByronAfter flailing around broke in New York City, a trans girl in her twenties goes to an all-trans commune in the woods run by her ex-girlfriend, hoping to be saved from her old Christian demons in a new queer utopia. But at the secluded camp, she finds secrets, sex, and unfortunately, actual demons. A deft portrayal of how hard it is to actually be in community with each other, especially when we all come with so many scars. If you want a tender but painful portrait of trans women that builds to a big, bloody conclusion, this book delivers. The Secret Dinner by Raphael MontesIn Rio, Brazil, four childhood friends struggling to pay the rent turn to hosting elite secret cannibal dinner parties. As the parties grow bigger and bigger, making more money, needing to push the boundaries of this culinary frontier, the friends get more and more attention from the outside world and law enforcement. This book dares to make your mouth water with delici...