Screaming mountain lion over snowy mountainscape with shadowy hands coming up from the ground. Bordered in gold to look like a tarot card
Photo of a mountain lion in dead tree in a snowy landscape. Text:Sammy Yang was naturally programmed to see the worst of the world. This was not referring to an innate pessimism, but a gift she possessed to see a red aura around anyone dangerous. When her best friend’s new boyfriend, Jay, has the reddest aura she’s ever seen and comes after her for recognizing him as dangerous, she flees to work at a remote resort for the winter.
Though Sammy is met with piling snow, a mysterious disappearance, constant mountain lion screams keeping everyone up at night, and mysterious stranger infiltrating the community who has an aura color she has never seen before, Jay’s violence is escalating so leaving is not an option. As a family curse of a community member puts the resort in danger, Sammy must discern if her life is any safer here or if she should take her chances with Jay.
Photo of a dark and snowy window, a nighttime snowed in wooden porch, a some vintage chalets in cloudy dark snowy weather. Text:SONG OF A MOUNTAIN LION is a 68,000 word queer horror-comedy about friendship, the effect of unhealed white supremacy on a community, and learning to trust yourself. With an eccentric cast of mountain staff, a wilderness setting that is nearly alive itself, and levity that acknowledges the inherent ridiculousness of hard times without minimizing them,
Text: this book combines the claustrophobic group dynamics of Yellowjackets, the town-tells-the story perspective and timeline switches of The God of the Woods, and the humor of Final Girl Support Group.
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SONG OF A MOUNTAIN LION-68k queer horror comedy
Have you ever hated your friend’s boyfriend? Here’s a story about how hard it is to be right (I’m sure you can relate) #horror #writer #lgbtq
