A terrifying and claustrophobic queer horror set in a demon-infested archive about trauma, grief and the lengths we will go to for love. Perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher and Tori Bovalino. “It’s real. You’ll see.” Michael Stein arrives at the Schechter Institute for Judaic Studies battered and broken after the death of his boyfriend seven months prior. Blaming himself for the accident that killed him, Michael has come to the Institute to complete his boyfriend’s dissertation as part of his effort at repentance. While Michael’s own past leads him to condemn superstition as a way to mask prejudice and old-fashioned beliefs, his boyfriend’s research argues that the folktales told in the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe were based in truth, and that demons and other creatures walked the e...

A terrifying and claustrophobic queer horror set in a demon-infested archive about trauma, grief and the lengths we will go to for love. Perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher and Tori Bovalino. “It’s real. You’ll see.” Michael Stein arrives at the Schechter Institute for Judaic Studies battered and broken after the death of his boyfriend seven months prior. Blaming himself for the accident that killed him, Michael has come to the Institute to complete his boyfriend’s dissertation as part of his effort at repentance. While Michael’s own past leads him to condemn superstition as a way to mask prejudice and old-fashioned beliefs, his boyfriend’s research argues that the folktales told in the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe were based in truth, and that demons and other creatures walked the e...