{"title":"Spooky Reads","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"shades-of-fear","title":"Shades of Fear - Horror Anthology","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eExperience terror in blood red, sickly yellow, and ethereal blue. \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShadows flitting from the corner of your eye beneath the neon of fluorescent lights, the visceral red beneath your skin that protects you from the outside world, the lush green of the dark forest that surrounds and beckons to you.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShades of Fear\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an anthology of subtle, psychological horror comics with a focus on emotional and evocative color. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese stories will show you the horror of loss and 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target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMaya McKibbin\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited by: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/ashantifortson.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAshanti Fortson\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLeaf Lace, Wayward Kindred\u003c\/em\u003e) and\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allisonotoole.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAllison O’Toole\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan 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This miraculous collection enraptured me again and again.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Chana Porter, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Seep\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“Haunting, funny, and delightfully surreal, Asja Bakić’s stories push fiction into exciting and unexpected realms of imagination. A visceral dive into the perils and pleasures of the human condition.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Aditi Khorana, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Library of Fates\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eSweetlust \u003c\/em\u003erollicks and seethes with a rakish energy, part hilarious, part bone-chilling. Translated brilliantly by Jennifer Zoble, these stories zip back and forth across the centuries. Never a dull moment!”\u003cstrong\u003e —Ellen Elias-Bursać, translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“As she did in her acclaimed debut \u003cem\u003eMars\u003c\/em\u003e, Bakić once again upends her characters’ convictions and identities—and infuses each disorienting universe with sly humor and off-kilter eroticism.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Sara Luce Look, Charis Books \u0026amp; More\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/rattiincantati.com\/collections\/jennifer-zoble\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJennifer Zoble\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover book, 224 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1727269032626_163\" data-animation-role=\"content\" data-item-id=\"624e778b517b0f766e15fa39\" class=\"product-quantity-input\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Feminist Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47092142637293,"sku":"RIAPPN24052","price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0566\/4768\/0150\/files\/Sweetlust-cover.jpg?v=1727313056"},{"product_id":"human-sacrifices","title":"Human Sacrifices","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis acclaimed short story collection by a groundbreaking voice in contemporary Latin American literature confronts machismo, inequity, and violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eAn undocumented woman answers a job posting only to find herself held hostage, a group of outcasts obsess over boys drowned while surfing, and an unhappy couple finds themselves trapped in a terrifying maze. With scalpel-like precision, Ampuero considers the price paid by those on the margins so that the elite might lounge comfortably, considering themselves safe in their homes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eSimultaneously terrifying and exquisite, \u003cem\u003eHuman Sacrifices\u003c\/em\u003e is “tropical gothic” at its finest—decay and oppression underlie our humid and hostile world, where working-class women and children are consistently the weakest links in a capitalist economy. Against this backdrop of corrosion and rot, these twelve stories contemplate the nature of exploitation and abuse, illuminating the realities of those society consumes for its own pitiless ends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“Fast, fierce and relentlessly brutal, these 12 stories are the literary equivalent of a feminist death metal album.” \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—The New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“María Fernanda Ampuero’s \u003cem\u003eHuman Sacrifices\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the best short story collections of 2023, regardless of genre.”\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e —Locus Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“The stories in Human Sacrifices show that one’s security in a capitalist, patriarchal society is never guaranteed; there must be sacrifices—human ones—to stay afloat.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eFull Stop\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“Set against backdrops of immigrant struggles and crumbling tropical infrastructures, Ampuero’s exquisite writing explores the nuances of the Latina experience in her home country and abroad.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eSouthern Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“Ampuero is a stylish writer, but her stories are dangerous whirlpools, dragging the reader into their deadly undertow.\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—The Daily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“Wildly imaginative and seriously dark.” \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Book Riot\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“This is a haunting book.” \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Ms. Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“With guts, blood, and a dense anger, [Ampuero] escorts us to a precipice with each story, strips us naked, and delivers us to a place where the wounds of Latin American are made real, and thus can be dissected.”\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e—\u003cem\u003eAsymptote Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“Much like the harsh systematic forces that plague her work, Ampuero doesn’t relinquish her ever-tightening grasp till the book’s end.”\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e—\u003cem\u003eBig Issue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“María Fernanda Ampuero’s writing is pure horror and aesthetic joy. \u003cem\u003eHuman Sacrifices\u003c\/em\u003e is a magnificent book that still haunts me to this day.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Mónica Ojeda, author of \u003cem\u003eJawbone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“Raw and savage, delving into the violence of machismo, inequality and abuse.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eVistazo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“The reader is immersed into a violent and cruel world, described in splendid prose. . . . 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Common tropes—such as the circumspect and resilient “final girl,” body possession, costumed villains, secret identities, and things that lurk in the closet—spark moments of eerie familiarity and affective connection. Still, viewers often remain tasked with reading themselves into beloved films, seeking out characters and set pieces that speak to, mirror, and parallel the unique ways queerness encounters the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt Came from the Closet\u003c\/em\u003e features twenty-five essays by writers speaking to this relationship, through connections both empowering and oppressive. From Carmen Maria Machado on \u003cem\u003eJennifer’s Body\u003c\/em\u003e, Jude Ellison S. 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What a gift to read writers I love and admire offer so many different answers. \u003cem\u003eIt Came From the Closet\u003c\/em\u003e is at times beautiful, at times funny, at times gorgeously weird and baroque, and always as off-kilter brilliant as the genre, and queerness, itself. Horror teaches us about ourselves in all our thrilling extremes. Plus it’s just plain fun. Both of which are true of this deeply necessary collection.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\"What is the monstrous and what does it mean to us? \u003cem\u003eIt Came from the Closet\u003c\/em\u003e collects twenty-five takes on twenty-five horror films that make us cringe, crack up, turn away and turn back again—each piece lavishly queer in its intelligence, vulnerability, and wit.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Paul Lisicky, author of \u003cem\u003eLater: My Life at the Edge of the World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\"Finally: a smart and serious yet playful book that interrogates the complex queerness of horror and the films that make a horror of queerness. These clear, insightful, and deeply personal essays reveal the real reasons why we've all been so scared.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Christopher Castellani, author of \u003cem\u003eLeading Men\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eIt Came from the Closet\u003c\/em\u003e is a fantastic collection of diverse queer perspectives—an accessible, provocative, and much-welcomed addition to the growing body of queer horror analysis of our favorite films, new and old. This is a must-read for horror fans wanting to find connection and community in challenging the heteronormative and patriarchal narratives that can still dominate the genre.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Jessica Parant, cocreator of Spinsters of Horror\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\"As someone who grew up with posters of Freddy Krueger and Frank N. Furter over my bed, \u003cem\u003eIt Came from the Closet\u003c\/em\u003e is the perfect gay bible for me. The navigations and dissections of some of my favorite slashers through various queer lenses are akin to any great horror film: mind-blowing, eye-popping, and heart-ripping. This book will see you and destroy you!\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Drew Droege, actor, writer, and comedian\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eIt Came From The Closet\u003c\/em\u003e reminded me why I fell in love with horror. Each essay connects queerness with the fear, connection, and blur of horror movies. Writers question whether horror is meant to punish those deemed sinful or create a new pathway of being. As Legacy Russell discusses in \u003cem\u003eGlitch Feminism\u003c\/em\u003e, what cannot be defined can contain power, and horror movies have allowed queer people to see themselves in blobs, the unseen Blair Witch, and mysterious monsters. 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