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Children of Solitude

Children of Solitude - Paperback

by Michael G. Williams
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Availability:In StockContributor:Michael G. Williams, Lynn Picknett, Susan RoddeyTheme:Sex & Gender/Gay, Topical/LGBTQ+Publish date:2025-04-25Pages:282
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Gold Dust Publishing LLC.ISBN-13:9798992974812UPC:9798992974812Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LGBTQ+Book Topic:Cosmic & Eldritch, GaySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SCMHKPE4SM

This Appalachian cosmic horror novel tells the story of a gay man who must return to his ancestral home in the mountains of Western North Carolina after his mother's death to clean it out and sell it off. Navigating feelings of grief and anger, he finds her house is haunted and her nosy neighbors always watching him-and one of those neighbors happens to be his favorite adult performer. While he develops a new romance and oversees his mother's funeral, tension builds as the characters' circumstances go from ominously creepy to terrifying.

Michael G. Williams is a queer native of Appalachia, winner of the 2020 Manly Wade Wellman Award, and cohosts Arcane Carolinas, a podcast about folklore, myths, and modern weird in North Carolina, South Carolina, and the wider region. This LGBTQ Southern horror story is set in a place exactly like the author's mountain hometown in the Southeastern United States with shades of Lovecraft. Packed with regional folklore, original bluegrass compositions, and occult horror, it weaves an unforgettable ghost story featuring seduction, cults, murder, sacrifice, and paranormal phenomena.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Gold Dust Publishing LLC.ISBN-13:9798992974812UPC:9798992974812Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LGBTQ+Book Topic:Cosmic & Eldritch, GaySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SCMHKPE4SM
Williams, Michael G.: - Michael G. Williams writes queer-themed horror and science fiction celebrating the monstrous and the macabre. His books include the award-winning vampire series The Withrow Chronicles (Laine Cunningham Award); the thrilling urban fantasy time travel series Servant Sovereign; the sci-fi mystery A Fall in Autumn (Manly Wade Wellman Award); and a mess of short stories. Michael strives to present the humor and humanity at the heart of horror and sci-fi with stories of outcasts and loners finding their people and power. Children of Solitude is his thirteenth book.Michael co-hosts Arcane Carolinas and Data@Rest, studied Performance Studies at UNC Chapel Hill and Appalachian Studies at Appalachian State University, and is a brother in St. Anthony Hall and Mu Beta Psi. He's a member of SFWA and HWA and serves as a Trustee of the NC Writers Network. He lives in North Carolina with his husband and a variety of animals.Picknett, Lynn: - Lynn co-authors several non-fiction books, including The Templar Revelation (1997) with Clive Prince, which inspired The Da Vinci Code. They were given cameo roles in the movie. Lynn is also a writer, editor, and regular contributor to TV series such as Forbidden History, History's Greatest Spies, and The UnXplained with William Shatner. She is a freelance editor for Gold Dust Publishing. Lynn lives in south London, England. For her full life story, see patreon.com/lynnpicknett See also www.picknettprince.com
Publisher: Gold Dust Publishing LLC.

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Michael G. Williams, Lynn Picknett, Susan Roddey

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Michael G. Williams

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