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Red X

Written by: David Demchuk
Narrated by: Salvatore Antonio, David Demchuk
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Publisher's Summary

A hunted community. A haunted author. A horror that spans centuries.

Men are disappearing from Toronto's gay village. They're the marginalized, the vulnerable. One by one, stalked and vanished, they leave behind small circles of baffled, frightened friends. Against the shifting backdrop of homophobia throughout the decades, from the HIV/AIDS crisis and riots against raids to gentrification and police brutality, the survivors face inaction from the law and disinterest from society at large. But as the missing grow in number, those left behind begin to realize that whoever or whatever is taking these men has been doing so for longer than is humanly possible.

Woven into their stories is David Demchuk's own personal history, a life lived in fear and in thrall to horror, a passion that boils over into obsession. As he tries to make sense of the relationship between queerness and horror, what it means for gay men to disappear, and how the isolation of the LGBTQ+ community has left them profoundly exposed to monsters that move easily among them, fact and fiction collide and reality begins to unravel. 

A bold, terrifying new novel from the award-winning author of The Bone Mother.

©2021 David Demchuk (P)2021 Strange Light
  • Unabridged Audiobook
  • Categories: LGBTQ2S+

What the critics say

“Demchuk’s unconventional approach to storytelling holds readers close, speaking directly to them and sharing in the terror.”
Quill & Quire

“Can a horror novel be too disturbing? David Demchuk’s Red X begs that question, not because of any excess of gore or violence but because of its singular and unflinching dark vision. That’s a good thing — too much contemporary horror fiction plays for easy shocks and even easier sentimental tears, and Demchuk is clearly after something deeper.” 
Toronto Star 

“[Red X is] a book full of heart and righteous fury, an urban nightmare with some retro-horror stylings that sidesteps that genre’s usual pitfalls of splatter and pessimism to deliver a story of emotional heft and guarded optimism. While it’s relentless and can be incredibly disturbing, there are also moments of beauty, hope, and a certain melancholy. It’s a complex, disturbing, challenging, and compulsively readable work that commands your attention, and indeed deserves it.”
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  • 2023-08-12

Queer horror at its finest

If you are a Canadian horror fan, especially a queer Canada horror fan, this is a must! It wraps you in a tale and then end dances the line of questioning your reality and where you feel safe. It’s a great kind of creepy.

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Writer interrupts story with personal anecdotes and history

Plot is okay. Lot of tension and horror. But is interrupted with personal history of the writer. About Toronto. Ruined pacing for me.

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