Sesisondele maphakathi noJuni, ngakho-ke ungene kahle ohlwini lwakho lokufunda kwehlobo, akunjalo

Abanye benu bacabanga ukuthi, “Ngabe abantu bayakwenza lokho?”

Ngenkathi ngiseyingane, umama nobaba wami babegcina ukuqinisa okuqinile kulokho engangikubuka. Ngivela emlandweni oqinile wenkolo, futhi amabhayisikobho ambalwa asabekayo angene endlini abengahloselwe ukusetshenziswa kwami.

Abazange, nokho, baqaphe imikhuba yami yokufunda kakhulu. Anginaso isiqiniseko sokuthi kushelele kanjani kubo ukuthi bengiletha izincwadi ezethusayo emtatsheni wezincwadi. Engikwaziyo nje ukuthi izincwadi zaziyisisekelo semfundo yami esabekayo. Futhi babeyisisekelo sokuchaza ubuyena njengendoda eyisitabane.

Kube yinhlonipho nelungelo lami kule minyaka edlule ukuncoma eziningi zalezi zincwadi kwabanye abalandeli abesabekayo, futhi ngihlala ngibheke izincwadi ezintsha nezesabekayo ezihlanganayo ukwethuka ngesipiliyoni se-queer.

Ngalokho engqondweni, nginqume ukudala lolu hlu lokufundwa kwehlobo. Ezinye zezihloko lapha zindala kakhulu kanti ezinye zishicilelwe eminyakeni embalwa edlule, kodwa zonke zilungile impela futhi angikwazi ukuzincoma ngokwanele kini nonke balandeli abesabekayo!

IPoint Pleasant nguJen Archer Wood

UJen Archer Wood's IPoint Pleasant yaqala ukushicilelwa ngo-Agasti ka-2013. Ngokudabukisayo, angizange ngiyithole kwaze kwaba cishe enyangeni edlule lapho nganconyelwa yona ngumngane omuhle.

Ihlanganiswe imfihlakalo kaMothman wodumo wasePoint Pleasant, eWest Virginia, le noveli ilandisa ngendaba kaBen Wisehart owathi esemncane, wahlangana nalesi sidalwa ebusuku nomngani omkhulu uNicholas.

Njengoba laba ababili bekhula, impendulo yabo kulokhu kuhlangana iyahluka, njengoba kunjalo nangezindlela zabo empilweni. UBen ushiya idolobha eneminyaka engama-20 ngemuva kokuthola ihlombe elibandayo lapho evuma ukuthi uthandana noNicholas.

Lapho uchungechunge lwezehlakalo lubuyisa uBen ePoint Pleasant, uthola ukuthi idolobha liphinde lahlaselwa yisilo esasihlasele amaphupho akhe amabi wobuntwana. Uthola nokuthi uNicholas uzisebenzele izinto ezimbalwa uBen engekho.

UWood uletha okuthile okusha ezinganekwaneni zikaMothman okwenza le ndaba isabise ngokumangalisayo. Ubuye futhi akwazi… ukugwema kancane-ukugwema itulo lesakhiwo “sobulili obufana nobakho” phakathi kukaBen noNicholas eseliphenduke ibala elidala kulezi zinhlobo zezindaba.

IPoint Pleasant itholakala ngezinhlobo zedijithali neziphepheli nge Amazon!

Isakramente nguClive Barker

Inganekwane kaClive Barker ingenye yezinto eziphumelela kakhulu nezesabisayo kule minyaka engama-40 edlule. Izithombe ezivusa amadlingozi zihlangana ne-master wordcraft ukudala imihlaba esabekayo kakhulu kunalokho abaningi abebengakuphupha.

Indoda evulekile yobungqingili, izindaba eziningi zikaBarker kanye namanoveli afaka abalingiswa be-queer, yize kuyaqabukela ukuthi ubulili babo bube yinto ebaluleke kakhulu eqhubeka esakhiweni. Lokhu ngezinye zezinto ezingidonsele ekubhaleni kwakhe kudala ngaphambi kokuthi ngibone ukuthi uyisitabane.

Ngike ngabhala phambilini ukuthi kwakusho ukuthini kimi ngenkathi ngithola ukuthi uBarker wayeyisitabane. Kwakungokuhlangenwe nakho okushukumisayo ukusho okuncane futhi cishe ngokushesha ngemuva kokuthola ukuthi ngifunde inoveli Isakramente.

Le noveli iyiphupho elibi elinesibindi elenzelwe noma ngubani owake wabuza umbuzo othi "Ngazalelwani?"

Izimpendulo ku Isakramente ziyisikhashana futhi ziyadlula, kepha akuvamile ukuthi ngesabe futhi ngithinteke futhi ngingaqiniseki ukuthi ngangikulungele yini ukuphela kwenoveli njengalapho ngazithola ngilahlekile emakhasini ayo yonke leyo minyaka edlule.

Khetha ifomethi yakho bese thatha ikhophi lapha.

Ubuntu nguSarah Waters

USarah Waters uzenzele igama ngohlobo lwezinganekwane ezisolwa ngokobulili. Izindaba zakhe zikhulunywa ngokusobala futhi abalingiswa bakhe bavame ukuba luhlaza ngokwedlulele ngokomzwelo.

Ithalente lakhe lokuxoxa izindaba licace bha ku Ubuntu. Le noveli ilandisa ngendaba kaMargaret Prior, owesifazane waseVictoria osezingeni eliphezulu, okwathi ngemuva komzamo wokuzibulala ohlulekile waqala ukuvolontiya ejele labesifazane elibi.

Lapho uhlangana noSimonina Dawes okholwayo. Ngokushesha uMargaret uzithola ehehwa nguSelina futhi mhlawumbe ngokuyingozi kakhulu, uqala ukukholelwa kuzipho zikaSelina.

Kuyindaba yokuphakamisa izinwele, ehlelwe ngobudlova okufanele uzifundele yona ukuze uyikholwe.

Thatha ikhophi ye- Ubuntu nguSarah Waters lapha.

Izindaba ZikaGilda nguJewelle Gomez

Ishukumisa futhi iyajabulisa, Izindaba ZikaGilda kwakuyincwadi yokuqala kaJewelle Gomez.

Ilandisa ngendaba yesigqila esibalekile eLouisiana esizithola sithathwa nguGilda, owesifazane we-vampire futhi ongumnikazi wezifebe. Ekugcineni, isigqila ngokwaso siba yi-vampire futhi sithatha igama likaGilda, futhi.

Ufunda ngempilo nothando kwabesifazane besifebe futhi uhambisa lezo zifundo phambili ngempilo yakhe yaphakade ebonakala ingapheli.

UGilda ungowabesilisa nabesifazane ngokusobala futhi inoveli kaGomez ihlola ukuhlangana kobumnyama nezocansi kahle, ekugcineni iwina izindondo ezimbili zeLambda ngale noveli.

Uma ungakayifundi, kufanele thatha ikhophi namhlanje!

Ukudweba Igazi nguPoppy Z. Brite

Ngibe nobunzima bokukhetha eyodwa yamanoveli kaPoppy Z. Brite kulolu hlu, kepha ekugcineni, bekufanele kube Ukudweba Igazi.

Kule noveli, uBrite usibuyisela eMissing Mile, eNorth Carolina, lapho kwakukhona khona inoveli yokuqala kaBrite, Imiphefumulo elahlekile.

Lapho eneminyaka emihlanu ubudala, uTrevor McGee ngandlela-thile weqa ebusuku lapho ubaba wakhe ebulala wonke umndeni wakhe ngaphambi kokuzibulala. Manje njengoba esekhulile futhi esengumculi wezincwadi zamahlaya odlubulundayo, uTrevor ubuyele ekhaya lakudala lomndeni ukuyozama ukuthola ukuthi kungani asindiswa.

Faka uZachary Bosch. Isigebengu sekhompiyutha esibalekela abesilisa nabesifazane lapho sibalekela i-FBI, uZach naye uzithola eseMissing Mile, indawo engekho ndawo efanelekile ukufihla.

UZach noTrevor, vele, bayahlangana futhi baqale ubudlelwano obushubile, kepha imimoya emnyama nobuhlanya obuhlasela ubaba kaTrevor abukude neze ekhaya lomndeni elidala.

Yindaba emnandi yendlu ehaunted nge-queer twist nengingakwazi ukuyincoma ngokwanele. Emuva ngeminyaka yama-90s lapho iningi lethu lalithola uBrite, sasingazi ukuthi umbhali wayevumelana nobulili babo. Yize uPoppy Z. Brite esalokhu eyigama labo lobungcweti, usephumile njengendoda edlulisa igama likaBilly Martin.

Futhi, uma izindlu ezihaunwayo akuyona into yakho, futhi ufuna okuthile okwedlulele ngokwedlulele, uBrite wabhala inoveli ebizwa ngokuthi Isidumbu Esihle emuva ngosuku. Kunezinto kuleyo ncwadi ongeke uzifunde, kepha ngincoma kakhulu uma ufuna okuthile okweqile.

Thatha ikhophi ye- Ukudweba Igazi lapha.

Intombazane Eminzayo nguCaitlin R. Kiernan

Ukuhlanekezela nokujika, uCaitlin R. Kiernan usifaka engqondweni yowesifazane onesifo sokuphazanyiswa okuthiwa u-India Morgan Phelps aka IMP encwadini yakhe yango-2012 Intombazane Eminzayo.

Le ngenye yalezo zincwadi cishe ezingachazeki ngaphandle kokunikeza noma yini. Ishintsha ibuye iye emuva naphakathi kokuxoxa izindaba zomuntu wokuqala nowesithathu njengoba i-IMP izula izehlakalo ezingajwayelekile eziseduze kwakhe ngosizo lwesithandwa sakhe se-transgender u-Abalyn.

UKiernan ungumxoxi wezindaba onekhono futhi usebenzisa wonke lawo makhono ukuthatha abafundi bakhe phakathi kokugula kwengqondo kwe-IMP ngenhlonipho ngangokunokwenzeka ngenkathi eshiya okuningi kuvulekile ukuphikisana.

Ukusetshenziswa kwale trope kuye kwasolwa eminyakeni yamuva ngengxoxo efanele mayelana nokuvezwa kokugula kwengqondo kuhlobo olwesabekayo.

Ngabe ukwethuka lapha kuzalwa yisifo sengqondo se-IMP? Ngabe uyakwazi ukuzwa ngenxa yendlela ingqondo yakhe esebenza ngayo?

Izigcawu zokugcina encwadini zizoshiya umfundi enemibuzo ecishe ifane nezimpendulo. Impela ivulekile ukutolikwa.

Thatha ikhophi yenoveli namuhla bese uzinqumela!

I-Queer Fear Volumes 1 & 2 ihlelwe nguMichael Rowe

Ngabe ukukopela ukwenza ngasikhathi sinye? Angazi, kepha i-anthology enhle kunzima ukuyithola, kanti uMichael Rowe wenze okusemandleni akhe ukuhlanganisa kokubili amavolumu we UQueer Uvalo.

Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi izindaba eziningi eziqukethwe lapha zinqunyelwe ohlangothini lwezocansi, kepha lokho akususi esicini esishaqisayo futhi ngandlela thile, kuyasithuthukisa.

Kukhona okuthile lapha kuwo wonke umuntu kula maqoqo kanti ngenkathi ngetoni bahlala yonke indawo, umhlangano jikelele muhle impela.

Okubaluleke kakhulu lapha, njengoba kunjalo nganoma yikuphi ukuqoqwa kwezinganekwane ezimfushane, ukuthi abafundi bangathola izindaba nababhali ababathandayo futhi bakusebenzise njengokugxuma endaweni ukuthola izindaba ezesabekayo eziningi namanoveli.

Futhi lokho, ngicabanga, ukuthi kuyawina.

Oda okwakho futhi kube uhambo lwakho siqu ngokusebenzisa UQueer Uvalo.

I-vampire IziKronike ngu-Anne Rice

Yisho ukuthi yini ozoyithanda, kodwa ekaRice IziKronike zeVampire kungaba ngolunye lochungechunge olude kakhulu lokuqhutshwa kwamanoveli agcwele abalingisi be-pansexual nabaphikisi ngokufanayo.

Izidakamizwa zaselayisi, okwenziwe ukuthi zingakwazi ukwenza izenzo zocansi ngemuva kokuphenduka, noma kunjalo zichitha amakhasi amaningi zikhombisa uthando lwabanye abalingiswa kungakhathalekile ukuthi ubulili buveza ini. Bathanda ngokujulile nangokujule, belulekana ukuthola ubudlelwano ngezimpilo zabo zokungafi njalo befuna ozohamba nabo.

Kuyinto emangalisayo yothando. Futhi, kwesinye isikhathi, kunodlame olumangazayo, ikakhulukazi lapho kubandakanyeka iBrat Prince Lestat de Lioncourt. Noma kunjalo, ukufunwa kokuxhunyaniswa phakathi namakhulu eminyaka kungenye yamaphuzu acindezela kakhulu kumanoveli kaRice.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, ubuhle obukhulu balowo mbhalo buphoqelele iqembu lakhe labalandeli ukuba lithandane nabalingiswa asinikeze bona ukubuyisa isikhathi esingamashumi amane eminyaka.