We would like to thank everyone for submitting to our Screaming Queers: Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are! Anthology. There were so many great stories.
We decided to expand the anthology into a two-volume collection with an expected release date of October 2025. In the meantime, we’d like to announce the authors, their stories, and a little about the world.
WELCOME TO RAVENSCAR!
A small town with nothing, but a few local shops still standing in decrepit buildings, a diner and a cafe with nosy locals, a church surrounded by empty graves, a nearby cul de sac full of empty houses and lingering screams, blood splatters in every nook and cranny of the only public and private school, an old plaza full of stores that look empty during the day, a library housing lost articles and footage of vanishing tourists in the basement, a strange beach on the edge of the woods, and a camp ground where several teens have gone missing over the years.
Authors and their Stories
Grace Ludlow - A Whisper So Lovely
Grace E. Ludlow is a librarian by day, chaos goblin by night based in the Pacific Northwest. She writes in a variety of genres from contemporary to cyberpunk, with a focus on queer and neurodivergent characters. While published for her poetry in years past, this is her first prose submission. When not writing or reading, she enjoys playing video games, cooking, and spending time with her many pets.
Jenna Streety - Bi Any Means
Jenna Streety is a hybrid science-fiction and fantasy author located in Southern California. She’s one half of The Writing Craft Podcast, and spends her daylight hours as a marketing project manager. At night, she sheds her corporate form to spin stories of all things spicy, dark, and twisted. Her previous work can be found in The Stygian Society’s 13 Haunted Nights Anthology. Follow her author journey on YouTube, where she chronicles her path to publishing her debut novel, an angst-ridden viking romantasy titled Between The Shadows And The Dawn.
Dyllon George - Boldly Human
Dyllon is an aroace writer determined to always have leading characters of similar orientation. Known for stunning prose, raw characters, and stories that leave readers aching. When he’s not writing he can be found rewatching the same things he’s already seen a million times.
E.M. Bancroft - Clover
E.M. Bancroft is a British-Australian writer based in Brisbane. Bancroft started writing at age 16 and began experimenting with horror and science fiction after falling in love with the works of Franz Kafka and H.G. Wells. They are currently completing an extended major in writing at the University of Queensland.
Rien Gray - Dry Fire
Rien Gray is an agender and intersex author of sapphic romance, speculative fiction, and horror. Their short fiction has previously been published in anthologies by Neon Hemlock, Cursed Morsels’ body horror anthology Shredded, and Lethe Press’ horror anthology BRUTE.
AJ Jones - Late Night Delights
AJ Jones is an unpublished author who happily enjoys all things horror. While not posting much, she is most active on Instagram under the handle (@imean.idkman). If you want to read more, her works can be found at (buttercupsworks.blogspot.com). She also does commissions on Fiverr for editing and writing under the handle (@buttercupbabes). Flowers is this girl’s best friend.
DC Guevara - Machetera
DC Guevara is a fantasy-romance author who enjoys lounging on the beach, going to the movies, and browsing bookstores in her spare time.With a lot of luck and perseverance, she aims to add historical fiction, urban fantasy, and other romances to her roster. She currently resides in her homeland of Puerto Rico with her partner and their pets, three cats and one dog, who are the real bosses of the household.
Kirsteen Navarro - Miss Manananggal
Kirsteen Navarro is a disabled Filipino storyteller who grew up with stories of supernatural beings like diwata, duende, the White Lady, and of course, the mananaggal. She spent her childhood years in a school rumored to be haunted by headless monks, and is grateful that school hours were over by 5pm. She has a bacheor’s degree in Communication, Media, Film, and Creative Writing from the University of Windsor, and has worked in the social media sphere. She enjoys monster romances, gothic fantasy, slow-burns, and cries over ill-fated soulmates. She is feral for leche flan, while her calico cat is feral for cheese.
Ev Datsyk - Pants on Fire
Ev Datsyk is a second-generation settler living on the land known today as Canada. She primarily writes short stories and is passionate about genre-bending, dramatic irony, and questionable puns. When not writing, she can be found reading in coffee shops, scarfing down baked goods, or rolling cat hair off her black clothes.
Elena Greer - The Basement of Borrowed Hearts
Elena Greer (any pronous) is an Native American lesbian from the northeast of Ohio, who writes fun, freaky little stories for Indigenous queer people such as herself. Their writing most often explores the complicated variety of human nature, as well as the intersections between queerness, and her reconnection with her Indigenous identity.
She can be found at their website https://elenagreerwrites.carrd.co/, as well as her Twitter at @greertragedy, and their words can be found in publishings from Atomic Carnival Books and Prismatica Press
R.A. Hunt Jr. - The Devil and Billy Bates
R.A. Hunt Jr. is a horror loving nerd from Chicago with a penchant for spinning spooky YA yarns that make you feel like you’re a kid again watching an episode of Goosebumps or Are You Afraid of the Dark. He spends his time listening to his record collection, playing with his dachshund Stella, or going on adventures with his wife Sabrina.
Rory G. - The Morning After My Death
Rory G. is an educator, essayist, and horror writer of Egyptian and Scottish heritage, currently based in the United States. Their fiction has been featured in British Fantasy Award-nominated anthology series The Book of Queer Saints (Medusa Haus), and will appear in the forthcoming Little Guts anthology from Little Ghost Press. Their nonfiction has been featured in the Austin-American Statesman and Apocalypse Confidential. You can find Rory online @gilhouligan on all platforms.
C.L. Gaines - The Shunning
C.L Gaines is African American. Female. A Texan.A firm believer in divine timing. That now is the time to continue to take steps in her writing journey after a lot of set backs. She hopes to make strives in many creative endeavors in the future. Stay tuned!
Alex Abrahams - The Slaughterhouse
Alex Abrahams is a disabled, queer trans man from the UK. He has spent the last few years writing for several queer podcasts including The Children of Room 56 and Tranthologies. He loves to write about trans body horror and creatures of the night.
Alexandra Deianira - Three Sparks Set Ablaze
Alexandra Deianira (She/Her/Hers) is a queer writer in southern Nevada, who is focused on the tragedy of stories. When she isn’t writing she is baking or knitting.
Marie Tiereliers - Tidal Warning
Marie is queer amateur writer based in Belgium who goes by the pen name Evanaissante online. Marie writes mainly about complicated families, the fat experience and horror but can be found to partake in some good old fashioned romance once in a while.
Alx Chan Yee - Unbridled Devotion
Alx Chan Yee is a college graduate born and raised in California. She’s gone from loving fantasy since a young age, to writing her own characters that are full of whimsy and strength. To her, representing diverse characters is extremely important, which will range from mental health advocation, LGBTQIA+ representation, and characters from all different backgrounds. At nearly all times, you will find her talking about fictional characters, whether from movies, shows, or books.
I.E. Richards - Wolfsbane
I.E. Richards, who goes by Kuza online, is a nonbinary artist and writer with a passion for queer horror and blood-soaked protagonists. They live in the Midwest with their cats and ever-growing collection of novels and scary movies.
Mike McClelland - Yacumama
Like Sharon Stone and the zipper, Dr. Mike McClelland is originally from Meadville, Pennsylvania. He has lived on five different continents but now resides in the startling American Midwest with his husband, two young sons, and a menagerie of ancient rescue hounds. He’s the author of the short story collection Gay Zoo Day and his creative work has appeared or is forthcoming in the Guardian, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Electric Literature, Boston Review, Vox, Observer, Wired, The Baffler, and in a number of literary magazines and anthologies.
Emalia Hemme - The Devoted
Emalia Hemme grew up devouring stories. She is a graduate of San Francisco State University, where her short play, “Reading,” was performed for the 2016 Fringe Festival. A lover of mythology, merpeople, and necromancy, she lives in California with her dog, Rae.
Phylicia Walker - Exodus
Phylicia Walker is a Black writer, Washington D.C. native, and self-proclaimed scholar of sapphic shenanigans. When she’s not haunting the stationary section of her local bookstore, she can be found watching Scream for the upteenth time.
Zelda Knight - Bound by Blood
Zelda Knight is a USA Today Bestselling author of diverse sci-fi and fantasy romance. She’s also an award-winning editor (Locus, British Fantasy & World Fantasy). Zelda co-edited Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora (Crowne, 2020) and Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction (Tordotcom, 2022), which have received critical acclaim. Africa Risen was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in 2023. Her hobbies include reading books and comics, raving to the grave, and ranting about her book boyfriends.
L.C. Star - Killed by Kindness
L.C. Star is a Mexican-Salvadorian American writer who grew up in Killeen, Texas with her military family but eventually settled in Arizona for college. Currently, she’s in New Jersey with her fiance – dreaming about fantasy, romance, anime, video games, and horror.
Ana Siva - Doctor Killer
A student moonlighting as an author who delights in exploring realms of horror, violence, and gore. When I’m not digging into these darker themes, I escape into worlds of treacherous high fantasies and heartwarming romances.
About the Editor - K. Psych
K. Psych (they/she) is a Black, queer, and disabled screenwriter and author with a passion for changing the perspective of fem-led horror. As a creator of young adult horror sff and adult erotic literary fiction, they spend their time bouncing between analyzing biblical lore in hopes of spinning them into their own monstrous creations and creating mood boards for stories they’ll never get to write in their lifetime.
Their story Blood Orange appeared in the Sapphic Blooms anthology and their short Down The Blackened River appeared in another Inked In Gray anthology, As We Convene. In February ‘24, they will be releasing their queer adult horroromance novella, Slice of Heaven.
This anthology will be Psych’s editorial debut. Feel free to check them out on their socials (@carnivoreincosplay on insta and @bloodydevotion on bluesky and twitter) when they aren’t on hiatus.