Bury Your Gays is a heart-pounding new novel from bestselling author Chuck Tingle about what it takes to succeed in a world that wants you dead.
Death, gore, homophobia.
Misha knows that chasing success in Hollywood can be hell.
But finally, after years of trying to make it, his big moment is here: an Oscar nomination. And the executives at the studio for his long-running streaming series know just the thing to kick his career to the next level: kill off the gay characters, “for the algorithm,” in the upcoming season finale.
Misha refuses, but he soon realizes that he’s just put a target on his back. And what’s worse, monsters from his horror movie days are stalking him and his friends through the hills above Los Angeles.
Haunted by his past, Misha must risk his entire future—before the horrors from the silver screen find a way to bury him for good.
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“Tingle cements his place in horror with this gory romp…[his] vivid, visceral storytelling combines with prescient insight into the corporate dynamics that rule mainstream media. The result is smart, subtle, and a bloody good time.”
– Publishers Weekly (STARRED review 🌟)
“Tingle burst onto the traditional publishing scene with one of the best books of 2023 (Camp Damascus), but his follow-up is even better … taking readers on a highly entertaining, fast-paced ride, filled with thought-provoking satire, original monsters, and some of the most realistic characters they will encounter on any page, all to prove that love is real and horror itself is, at its core, a celebration of life.”
– Booklist (STARRED review🌟)
“Brilliantly bloody, wildly fun, and extremely scary, Bury Your Gays brings a sledgehammer down on tired tropes and makes a masterpiece of their guts.”
– Rachel Harrison, national bestselling author of Black Sheep
Taste the very first page
The backlot is humming with energy today, and I’m not thrilled about it. Rolling up to the east security gate is typically a surefire way to cruise right in and get any tedious studio afternoon over with, but I’ve discovered a line of five or six cars waiting for me.
It’s always something with this place, and today that something is poor traffic management.
I settle in, watching April at the security booth as she flashes her welcoming smile at each producer, actor, writer, and director making their way through the checkpoint.
I can’t quite see who she’s talking to, the rising California sun washing my eyes in its golden glow. Even through these dark sunglasses it’s hard to get a read on the driver of the McLaren with the scissor doors and obnoxious paint job, but a shock of stark white hair hints at Raymond Nelson, head of the animation department and real-deal Hollywood legend. This would make sense, as he rarely keeps the same car for more than a month and I’ve yet to notice this vehicle on the lot.
Ray is old-school. I used to be terrified of the guy, but have since come to appreciate his no-bullshit approach to this business after two decades of weathering it myself. Regardless of your opinion on Raymond Nelson’s studio battles and legendary tantrums, there’s a lot to be said for sticking around as long as he has.
A few years back I worked for him on a pitch, a cartoon concept…
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