
But readers hoping for a nuanced exploration of (monstrous) queer identity to accompany Giesbrecht’s gothic world should lower their expectations.Įlendhaven is a long-past-its-prime city of industry-think Tim Burton’s London from Sweeney Todd-rotting with old magic. The Monster of Elendhaven, Jennifer Giesbrecht’s debut novella, neatly creeps up alongside the works of those authors.



Tor.com’s publishing list is one of the most visible homes of queer-inclusive science fiction, horror and fantasy on the market today, helping writers like Kai Ashante Wilson, Charlie Jane Anders and Seanan McGuire blaze trails both in LGBTQ+ representation and in cross-genre experimentation.
