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Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin tells the story of Ellen, a deeply closeted lesbian who spends all her time in solitude, restoring films at a failing archive in 1980s New York City. When a group of German academics presents her with a print of an infamous...
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A queer horror novella about the occult, cult cinema, queer desires and other things left on the cutting room floor. Perfect for fans of Paul Tremblay and Cassandra Khaw. From the USA Today bestselling author of Cuckoo
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Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin tells the story of Ellen, a deeply closeted lesbian who spends all her time in solitude, restoring films at a failing archive in 1980s New York City.
When a group of German academics presents her with a print of an infamous exploitation film believed to have been destroyed during the Holocaust, Ellen finds herself forced to confront her own repressed sexuality. The more she works on the restoration, the more obsessed she becomes with its depictions of occult practices and queer debauchery.
She's soon convinced that the depraved acts portrayed in the film are not fiction, but reality. And that they're happening to her.
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ISBN: 9781835414040
Publisher: Titan Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 04 November 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Titan Books Ltd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 240
About the Author
Gretchen Felker-Martin is a professional cenobite. A critic and novelist, she writes about sexual revulsion, body horror, and how violence forms and fits into our lives. The Anomaly Journal of Arts and Literature hailed her as the “filthcore queen”. In addition to her fiction and essays available on Patreon, she has written criticism for outlets like Polygon, FanByte, The Outline, and Nylon. Raised in backwoods New Hampshire, she now lives in Massachusetts with her cat.
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