Livia orchestrates a Satanic mass to distract herself from a recently remembered trauma and two lovers must resolve their differences in order to defy a lethal curse. An Oxford historian, in bitter competition with the rest of her faculty members, discovers an ancient tome whose sinister contents might solve her problems. for an evening of queer Gothic horror Leon Craig and Alison Rumfitt will be discussing their brilliant debuts PARALLEL HELLS and TELL ME IM WORTHLESS. In the thirteen darkly audacious stories of Parallel Hells we meet a golem, made of clay, learning that its powers far exceed its Creator’s expectations a ruined mansion which grants the secret wishes of a group of revellers and a notorious murderer who discovers her Viking husband is not what he seems.Īsta is an ancient being who feasts on the shame of contemporary Londoners, who now, beyond anything, wishes only to fit in with a group of friends they will long outlive. Carly Tremayne chats with author Leon Craig about her collection of queer gothic horror stories Parallel Hells, which was published in 2022 by Sceptre Book. In this deliciously strange debut collection, Leon Craig draws on folklore and gothic horror in refreshingly inventive ways to explore queer identity, love, power and the complicated nature of being human.

Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Parallel Hells. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. ‘The short, twisted tales collected in Leon Craig’s Parallel Hells have a laconic elegance that’s both chilling and pleasurable’ Financial Times Leon Craig, author of Parallel Hells ‘Sinkhole is a twisted dystopian satire that captures all the maladies of modern England a sick and perverse nation in hilarious, pin-sharp definition, as it slides back under the waves.’ Huw Lemmey, author of Red Tory: My Corbyn Chemsex Hell. Parallel Hells - Kindle edition by Craig, Leon. It’s the queer horror book of your dreams’ Kirsty Logan

Parallel Hells by Leon Craig