Bury your gays book
Elsewhere, we have what I’m coming to think of as the trademark Tingle style; effortless ethics work and world-building, a ruthlessly competent and immediate pulp prose style that belies an remarkable depth of storytelling in terms of concepts and themes, and a damn near visionary ability to speak directly to bleeding edge concerns of the cultural moment.
Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle – Novel Review
My previous familiarity with Dr. Tingles work is limited to his horror novella Straight(although after this, I am absolutely bumping Camp Damascus up my TBR pile). I thought that was a superb story – thought-provoking, provocative, and true to the spirit of Splatterpunk while also being deeply empathic and compassionate. And I was very curious to spot how he’d fare on the broader canvas of a novel-length work.
Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle did not disappoint.
The novel stars Misha, a homosexual screenplay writer whose TV show Travelers is a massive hit for the ‘Harold Brothers studio’ (a thinly veiled Warner Bros, accomplish with cartoon Chucky the Woodchuck mascot). Told in first person present tense, with occasional flashbacks, Dr Tingle takes us behind the curt
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Book: “Bury Your Gays” by Chuck Tingle
Publishing Info: Tor Nightfire, July 2024
Where Did I Get This Book: I received an eARC from NetGalley.
Where You Can Acquire This Book: WorldCat.org | Amazon | Indiebound
Book Description: From Chuck Tingle, creator of the USA Today bestselling Camp Damascus, comes a new heart-pounding story about what it takes to advance in a society that wants you dead.
Misha is a jaded scriptwriter who has been operational in Hollywood for years, and has just been nominated for his first Oscar. But when he’s pressured by his producers to kill off a gay character in the upcoming season finale―”for the algorithm”―Misha discovers that it’s not that simple.
As he is haunted by his past, and past mistakes, Misha must chance everything to locate a way to do what’s right―before it’s too late.
Review: Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an eARC of this novel!
Never in my wildest dreams could I have ever imagined that Chuck Tingle, the guy who wrote parody monster porn stor
Bury Your Gays
I can’t say I’ve read any of Chuck Tingle’s prolific oeuvre of titles love Space Raptor Butt Invasionor Pounded in the Butt by My Handsome Sentient Library Card, but my first entry into the Tingleverse confirmed what the jacket copy and author biography offered: Tingle is a writer and person who leads with love.
Bury Your Gays, his sophomore homosexual horror novel from Tor Nightfire, is testament to the author’s compassionate ethos. Building on the success of Camp Damascus, his horror debut, which I purchased and blazed through immediately after finishing Bury Your Gays, Tingle’s second novel offers readers a harrowing glimpse of what it means to be queer in Hollywood. And every chilling overcome in this story is stronger and more propulsive than the last.
Meet Misha Byrne. He’s basically a young, queer Wes Craven at the midpoint of an already trailblazing career in Tinseltown. He’s got a solid assist catalog of films, and his “X-Files meets Doctor Who”-style TV show is headed for its biggest and baddest season finale yet. The only problem? The studio bigwigs aren’t exactly cheerful with the girl-on-girl
Bury Your Gays
A 2025 Audie Award winner for Judges Category: Horror!
Long-listed, School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, 2024
Long-listed, Audible.com Best of the Year, 2024
Long-listed, Barnes and Noble Best New Books of the Year, 2024
Long-listed, Esquire Magazine Best Books of the Year, 2024
Long-listed, CPL: Chicago Public Library Finest of the Best, 2024
This program features multicast narration.
"André Santana brings a personable feel to this satirical sci-fi romp.... This audiobook is a fast-paced cocktail of social commentary, humor, and horror." —AudioFile on Straight
Bury Your Gays is a heart-pounding new novel from USA Today bestselling author Chuck Tingle about what it takes to succeed in a society that wants you dead.
"Brilliantly bloody, wildly fun, and extremely scary, Bury Your Gays brings a sledgehammer down on tired tropes and makes a masterpiece of their guts."—Rachel Harrison, national bestselling author of Black Sheep
Misha knows that chasing success in Hollywood can be hell.
But finally, after years of trying to make it, his big moment is here: an Oscar nomination. And the exec