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SUMMARY:September Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Children of Solitude by Michael G. Williams\\nThis Appalachia
 n cosmic horror novel tells the story of a gay man who must return to his
  ancestral home in the mountains of Western North Carolina after his moth
 er's death to clean it out and sell it off. Navigating feelings of grief 
 and anger\\, he finds her house is haunted and her nosy neighbors always 
 watching him-and one of those neighbors happens to be his favorite adult 
 performer. While he develops a new romance and oversees his mother's fune
 ral\\, tension builds as the characters' circumstances go from ominously 
 creepy to terrifying.Michael G. Williams is a queer native of Appalachia\
 \, winner of the 2020 Manly Wade Wellman Award\\, and cohosts Arcane Caro
 linas\\, a podcast about folklore\\, myths\\, and modern weird in North C
 arolina\\, South Carolina\\, and the wider region. This LGBTQ Southern ho
 rror story is set in a place exactly like the author's mountain hometown 
 in the Southeastern United States with shades of Lovecraft. Packed with r
 egional folklore\\, original bluegrass compositions\\, and occult horror\
 \, it weaves an unforgettable ghost story featuring seduction\\, cults\\,
  murder\\, sacrifice\\, and paranormal phenomena.\\nCheck out the books w
 e've read before!\\nhttps://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/ralei
 gh/events/september-book-club-2026-09-30
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URL:https://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/raleigh/events/september-book-club-2026-09-30
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