Category: Gay/Lesbian/Bi Publisher: Dark Scribe Press
Type: Fiction
Pages: 340
Copyright: December 2008
ISBN-13: 9780981863207
Short story in horror/GLBT anthology
About the story:
How far are you willing to go for love, especially when your beloved is more true to herself and more vulnerable dead than alive? "Memento Mori" chronicles a brief encounter between two women on opposite sides of the great divide. They must answer that question for themselves in a world where love, carelessly expressed, can destroy them both.
About the anthology:
From the ghosts of dead lovers and malevolent queer faeries to devious doppelgangers and twisted psychopaths, an eclectic lineup of award-winning writers from the horror and GLBT literary communities come together in this groundbreaking collection of queer horror stories. These tales will surprise with their universally resonant themes while exploring the deeper aspects of the closet experience - coming out, staying in, and being haunted by. Join Lee Thomas, Sarah Langan, Jameson Currier, Rick R. Reed, Scott Nicholson, Kealan Patrick Burke and others as they throw open their literary closet doors with 23 chilling tales. Be prepared as these master dark scribes reveal what lurks in those shadowy corners at the back of our closets. And the horrors found there promise to be unspeakable.
Excerpt
My dead lover waited behind the apartment door. Up the stairs, key in the lock – before I noticed her faint glow spreading on the floor and darkness illuminated in something not quite light. When I reached for the switch it was her voice that said, "Stop."
She had arrived unannounced, continuing an old habit even after death. Diaphanous and naked, she floated toward me with her arms outstretched. I stood where I was, at once curious and somewhat indignant.
I had no reason to run, I told myself. Not when she had haunted me so much while she was still alive.
When the powers-that-be make the decision to return a selfish party-girl, Zara, to Earth on three missions of redemption, can romance and mayhem be far behind? One hot and trendy gay nightclub, two bickering angels and three unlikely pairs add up to
A young technician mourns his lover until he meets another man - a man with a secret. But there are other secrets as a jealous ghost returns to protect his turf.
