Lonesome and Festering

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Genres

Gay Horror, Absurdist Fiction, and Short Stories

Trigger Warnings

Abuse, Death, Sex, Suicide, Violence, and Profanity

Type of Ending

Series

Not part of a series

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Publication Date

Nov 10, 2026

Page Length

249 pages

Available Formats

ePub and PDF

Lonesome and Festering

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Blurb

Weird, queer, anti-capitalist, anti-fascist horror for sickos.

A widower reaches his violent breaking point while giving a tour of a haunted coral reef. A student pays off his lunch debt by toiling in the endless, monster-infested caverns beneath his school. An old woman discovers her fate is grotesquely connected to the endangered toads she’s trying to save. A lapsed member of a queer motorcycle gang returns to rekindle a romance, commit arson, and summon Satan.

Lonesome and Festering is Eric Raglin’s latest horror and weird fiction collection for sickos, featuring stories about fighting for love, surviving dystopia, and becoming your worst self under capitalism and fascism.

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