October Focus on Horror: Alison Rumfitt
Created by Bob Helmbrecht, collection development librarian
Our Focus on Horror Month author for today is Alison Rumfitt.
Rumfitt's debut novel, "Tell Me I'm Worthless," was published in 2023. This supernatural haunted house story has been lauded as work of transgressive queer horror. Author Paul Tremblay said of the book: "A gripping, hallucinogenic haunted house novel as righteously angry as it is horrifying, 'Tell Me I'm Worthless' unflinchingly lays bare the personal and cultural scars we wear, endure, and inflict."
"Brainwyrms" was the author's follow-up novel. Rumfitt moves here from the haunted house novel to body horror. From the publisher's description: "When a transphobic woman bombs Frankie's workplace, she blows up Frankie's life with it. As the media descends like vultures, Frankie tries to cope with the carnage: binge-drinking, sleeping with strangers, pushing away her friends. Then, she meets Vanya. Mysterious, beautiful, terrifying Vanya..." Author Hailey Piper described the book as: "A gut-churning infestation mixing extreme depravity with a hive of obsessive violence. Rumfitt consistently has her finger to the societal pulse."
Check out a book by Alison Rumfitt today.
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