Author: Rae Wilde

A collection of standalone sapphic horror short stories, a quadrilogy of connected stories, and an interactive pick-a-path novelette from author Rae Wilde.

"It's a rare thing, more rare than most of us would like to admit, to find such unflinching human nakedness in the artistry of storytelling today." --C.S. Humble

A woman forms an electric bond with the cosmic terror behind a gloryhole. Another falls in love with a hurricane. A nihilist and her obsessive paramour find a child after a catastrophic fire. People seduce monsters, monsters seduce people, and the line between person and monster loses meaning.

And that's all before an interactive pick-a-path survival horror novelette based on the tragedy of the whaling ship Essex.

I Do Not Apologize for My Position on Men will appeal to lovers of Eric LaRocca's "disaster queers", Wrath James White's brutal eroticism, and Paula D. Ashe's combination of lush prose and devastating violence.

Finally back in print, this edition includes a brand-new bonus story, previously unpublished.

Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 07/21/2026
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9798897320370

About the Author
Rae Wilde (she/her) is a queer woman and author of dark fiction who has published numerous works under the pen name Rae Knowles. Her available works include The Stradivarius, Merciless Waters, I Can Fix Her, I Do Not Apologize for My Position on Men and she is represented by Carleen Geisler at PS Literary.

C.S. Humble is the author of the Amid the Vastness of All Else saga and the Black Wells series. His work has appeared in multiple fiction and non-fiction publications, including the Bram Stoker Nominated Human Monsters anthology and Texas Highways magazine. He lives in East Texas.