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William Jackson
"Jackson writes queer Hammer horror for the 21st Century." ~ Caroline Munro
The author, 2024
Jackson's characters inhabit a homonormative world in stark contrast to the heteronormativity of so much horror narrative. His writing looks at oppression, the inherent seductiveness of evil and the corruption, or moral decay, often masked by beauty. He cites his influences as Richard Laymon, Dennis Wheatley and Fred Mustard Stewart.
Queer Horror Fiction
The Sugar Pit
Published 18 May 2024
A gay 'Fatal Attraction' ~ Britt Ekland.

London. England. 1988. A time of anti-gay laws, queer-bashing and ‘traditional family values’. Jack Huntley is a thirty-something family man with a respectable job. And a secret. He cruises London's gay bars looking for sex with younger men. Billy Soanes is a college student. Out, proud, hot-blooded and obsessive. When Jack and Billy begin an affair, Jack thinks he can easily walk away. But Billy has other ideas. Now Jack wants out, Billy becomes more volatile... and more violent.
Satan's Lamp
Published 31 March 2023
All who turn the pages of ‘Satan’s Lamp’ - and surrender to the story - will not be disappointed ~ Linda Hayden

Devil’s Rock is the bleakest lighthouse station off the Cornish coast. A lonely rock that locals say is haunted. That’s why they call it ‘Satan’s Lamp’. Young Jabe Walker, a rookie keeper, is plagued by nightmares of his abusive father - the father Jabe killed when he was just ten years old. Now it is the 15th of October 1987 and one of the most violent storms in history is about to strike the English coast. On this night Jabe is forced to confront his violent past. His father is back from the dead and hell-bent on revenge.
Shapes in the Dark
First Published 25 October 2021. This edition published 29 April 2024
The writing is immensely visual, hauntingly gentle and spine-chilling in equal measure. Bewitching and erotic. What a heady mix of emotions! ~ Caroline Munro.

These 18 queer horror stories are a nerve-shredding collection by William Jackson, the new master of gay horror who strikes at the heart of the reader's deepest fears, then twists his pen. With their deserted lanes and isolated cottages, wolfish men and vampire vixens, his wicked tales have been described as 'Hammer horror for the 21st Century'.
William Jackson and Caroline Munro, book launch, Soho London, 2023
Limited Editions
Kill Johnny
by William Jackson
Published 26 February 2022
An illustrated, limited edition volume about fame, vanity, sex, and the killing of Johnny. Noah Bell is a small-time writer with big ambitions. Now he thinks he’s discovered an easy route to the fame and recognition he craves. There’s just one thing standing in his way. Johnny. 'William jackson’s writing is immensely visual. he delves under the surface of the every day to explore what really lies beneath.' ~ Caroline Munro.
The Brutal Kiss: Two Stories
by William Jackson
Published 11 March 2023
PEEPER

London, the seventies: in the blistering heatwave of 1976, teenager Robert aches to be taken savagely by Lightning Jack, the neighbourhood peeping tom.

LITTLE HORNED GOD

Norfolk, present day: up-and-coming playwright, Ethan, wants to get naked with laddish Danny. But Danny's hard body and boyish charms disguise a rotten secret. Be careful what you wish for. 'The two stories that comprise this volume embody the Hammer promise (or threat) but in a homonormative rather than heteronormative idiom.' ~ Dr. Helena Bayne
Instagram's Sleepy Librarian recreates the climax of
Kill Johnny,
2023
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