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Highlights
- In Berman's latest short story collection, the phrase "you are what you eat" is taken to heart; these are stories of men facing strange appetites within their own physicality, within a lover or, perhaps, a stranger's hungers.
- Author(s): Steve Berman
- 194 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, LGBT
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In Berman's latest short story collection, the phrase "you are what you eat" is taken to heart; these are stories of men facing strange appetites within their own physicality, within a lover or, perhaps, a stranger's hungers.
Book Synopsis
In Berman's latest short story collection, the phrase "you are what you eat" is taken to heart; these are stories of men facing strange appetites within their own physicality, within a lover or, perhaps, a stranger's hungers. A young athlete attends an exclusive wrestling camp, but some of the campers are more focused on the unwelcome boys they claim lurk inside their bellies. A fixit man on a mission to retrieve a runaway finds himself forced into impersonating a pulp hero by her captor. Life as a pledge at a New Orleans fraternity is made all the worse when a magical--perhaps cursed?--flask that fills with whatever the bearer desires, yet also causes the drinker to desire the pledge. With stories inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, and Ramsey Campbell, the menu has thirteen tales that range from the weird to the humour noir to the monstrous. No digestif is necessary.
Review Quotes
"Fit for Consumption is an elegantly written and profoundly disquieting collection of queer horror. Admirers of the lyrical poeticism matched with unrelenting brutality of writers like Clive Barker and Michael McDowell will rejoice as Berman serves as a worthy heir to the throne." - Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
"A satisfyingly weird and icky read with serious literary chops." - Kirkus (starred review)
"Readers hungry for something dark and queer will find much to chew on in Berman's bold collection." - Library Journal
"These 13 stories from Berman (Vintage) are equal parts tantalizing and terrifying, centering queer male protagonists plagued by horrors both quotidian and otherworldly." - Publishers Weekly