Chuck Tingle’s Bury Your Gays is a clever, genre-bending take on the horror and mystery genres, packed with poignant social commentary. With its eerie small-town setting and deeply empathetic characters, Tingle masterfully subverts tropes while delivering a story that is equal parts thrilling and heartfelt.

This book is more than just a spooky read—it’s a powerful statement about identity, belonging, and resilience. A must-read for fans of queer fiction and unconventional storytelling!

A sendup of Hollywood that also works as an emotional dedication to all the gay characters that have suffered under the Hollywood pen.

In this horror novel, screenwriter Misha won’t give up on his principles, even as studio executives pressure him to kill off his tv show’s queer lead. But things take a turn when he’s hunted by stalkers dressed as monsters from his past movies.

This was my first Chuck Tingle and definitely won't be my last! I loved the blend of horror tropes with social commentary. Misha had a great narrative voice, and the plot kept me guessing as the truth of what's happening to him and why unfolded. Add on great narration and I was hooked. I can't wait to read more from Tingle!

Such a good book! Definitely a mindf***, had me questioning what was happening the whole time. Fort like every good slasher is, this novel was genuinely terrifying to read. Came a bit undone toward the end but still a really solid book.

Enjoyed the critique on LGBT representation within hollywood as well as commodification and capitalism that will be the downfall of all in the end.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for providing me with an audio ARC of Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle in exchange for an honest review.

Rating: 5/5

I am so happy to have had early access to this book. It has so many important themes and messages for society as a whole, specifically that the LGBTQIA2S+ community needs to be accepted always—not just when it feeds the corporate agenda or bottom line. Horror with social commentary is the best kind, and Chuck Tingle does just that in Bury Your Gays. This was my first Chuck Tingle read, but it definitely won’t be my last.

As one reviewer put it, 'this book is a triumph.' It's the epitome of queer horror excellence and a must have for all collections! The audiobook is superb, highly recommend.

*5 stars* This book was amazing! I loved every single word! Praise for gay joy and not just gay trauma!

"Bury Your Gays" offers such a unique take on its themes involving Hollywood and A.I., with particularly impactful flashbacks to the main character’s childhood that are beautifully written. These moments provided depth and emotional resonance that truly stand out and make me wish Chuck Tingle would write an earnest gay novel. However, the ending of “Bury Your Gays” fell somewhat flat for me, lacking the same intensity as the earlier sections.

The audiobook production is a highlight, with great quality and a skilled narrator who enhances the listening experience. Overall, it’s a mixed bag, but definitely worth a listen for its strengths.

Thank you SO much to Macmillan Audio and Netgalley for an advanced copy! I’m always so appreciative!

I love queer books. And I love queer books that go beyond just trying to write a straight story with a queer twist. This book was overall enjoyable for the story but was also much more enjoyable because it had a queer commentary that was unique to the queer experience. It wasn’t just a spin on something that already exists in the over abundance of straight literature.

This was a great audiobook with an All-Star cast of modern Horror icons. I loved the tone and wit of Tingle's story and highly recommend the audiobook either alone or in tandem with the book (I co-read with my hard copy of the novel). There was just the right amount of gore and chills. I do love a slasher story and Chuck Tingle gives us a great one with Bury Your Dead.

Chuck Tingle is a national treasure. I have no notes. This was fantastic. Loved the nod to Camp Damascus. Loved the message. It was just great, and the audio performance was 10/10.

A full cast horror audiobook? Sign me up!

This was my first Chuck Tingle novel and definitely won’t be my last.

First off, the cast was phenomenal. The performances were top notch and they were able to fully immerse me into the setting.

As for the story, Tingle crafted the perfect horror novel for me. He was able to brilliant weave body horror, psychological horror, humor, and social commentary into such a poignant read.

The character work was great, the overarching themes on hollywood, disingenuous representation, and more were exceptionally done, and the end? Chef’s kiss.

I can’t wait to see what Tingle has up his sleeve next.

This was my first time reading Chuck Tingle, but it will not be my last. The rebellious energy in these pages is next level. I listened to Bury Your Gays in one sitting. What a story! The audiobook is magnificent and worthy of your earholes.

Bury Your Gays is a tantalizingly queer horror novel that stares into the abyss known as Hollywood. Our narrator is a gay screenwriter by the name of Misha. Who is renowned for his in-your-face queer horror stories and characters. Misha is confronted by a jerk-off in a suit and tie to either change the sexualities of his beloved characters or kill them off. This is where things take off and land at the final sentence of this gut punch of a story.

Mr. Tingle delivers a story that examines the motivations of greed in Hollywood while taking the reader on an action-packed ride. Misha deals with so much thrown his way from his trauma, protecting his friends, and defeating astonishing odds in a novel brimming with humor, tension, horror, and even a few moments of heartfelt tenderness.

Five Out of Five Stars.

I hate rating Bury Your Gays so low. Queer Horror is amazing, and I wanted to love this one so much. Unfortunately, I just felt like it was longer than it needed to be. I couldn't connect to several of the characters, and the horror took a very long time to ramp up.

I loved so many of the ideas in this one. The Hollywood setting was perfect, and I actually liked Misha as a main character. Unfortunately, I struggle to get attached to anyone else and just felt like the plot was a bit on the boring side. I'm obviously not the majority opinion here, so please still give it a try!

For a large audiocast, I was a little disappointed how much was narrated by one person. But I felt like they did a good job and found their storytelling engaging.

Thanks to NetGalley, Chuck Tingle, and Macmillan Audio for the chance to read and review. My opinions are my own.

I’m not normally a horror reader, but this book (okay, largely the cover) intrigued me so I gave it a go. Overall I really enjoyed it, quickly becoming invested in Misha, his love of horror, and his commitment to writing the queer stories he grew up longing to see on the screen (even when it seems like the world is against him). Also loved his boyfriend and bestie (and spent the whole book anxiously hoping they’d make it out alive). As a horror novice I enjoyed the journey, especially the scenes where the genre was analyzed/explained to other characters, giving you the chance to understand why horror means so much to Misha (and many others), even if it isn’t really my jam. The book sucked me in, even if it also made me want to look away many times, as I had to know what came next. If you came for the gore, it’s there in all its bloody body horror glory, but it also comes with an interesting social commentary/critique of corporate greed, Hollywood, AI, and queer erasure. Well worth a read, just maybe not late at night. I listened to the audiobook and really enjoyed the performance/narration. While other voices do pop up, overall it’s mostly a single narrator and they did a great job bringing Misha to life.

Thanks to NetGalley for the audiobook!

Thanks to NetGalley, Tor Nightfire and Macmillan Audio for the ARC, I really enjoyed this one!

This was a first for me from the author, and I’m quite satisfied with the outcome. This is part commentary/satire of Hollywood, social media, and the all powerful algorithm, part supernatural, part slasher, and even part trauma story. The blend is unique, and I imagine probably quite hard to balance, but the author does it fantastically.

Misha is a screenwriter, doing his best to write characters and stories that he never got to see as a kid. Unfortunately, he is still beholden to the world that we live in, where characters are at best perhaps gay, rather than openly out. The author does a fantastic job of showcasing the conflict and intricacies within by having Misha himself being only “LA out,” but not officially out to his family or hometown. And that is where the trauma lies.

In the ever-growing scifi world we live in, with holograms and cloning and AI-altering, the author perfectly lines up a horror story that’s just farfetched enough to read as near future. When Misha’s boss sits him down, stating that the company wants his characters killed, rather than getting their excruciatingly earned and beautiful outing, Misha is understandably outraged. Even refusing and promising a lawsuit even after being (not so) more or less discreetly threatened.

The idea that the company he worked so hard for, made money for, would come after him was simply too absurd to put any faith in. So when characters from Misha’s filmography start popping up and interfering with his life, he assumes it’s nothing more than a cosplaying prank. Some well done cosmetics, a high quality costume, a well planned and tailored prank set to make Misha feel frightened enough to submit. Nothing more. But as his more outlandish characters start to appear, and the body count starts to grow, Misha learns it’s anything but a prank.

Is this a horror novel, is it horrific? Yes of course. There are interesting villains and kills, and the villain at large is something wholly unique. But what makes this book so good is what it’s actually saying.

The author ends this harrowing trial by flipping the script. This is not just a trauma story, we are not simply our past, nor are we our fears. Misha gets to give a beautiful speech in which he finally announces to the world what he should have years ago. Representation is important, but it’s not just about being seen. It’s not gay misfortune, it’s life, and love, and it’s joy and growth. And Chuck Tingle, through Misha and Zeke, is showing the world that in explosive fashion.

I really hope Chuck Tingle keeps writing in this vein, so good. Witty and on point, a sharp take down of Hollywood and the vagaries of popularity. We’re including it in our horror genre study.

Bury Your Gays is a wildly entertaining horror book set in present-day Hollywood. Misha is a successful show writer for a popular sci-fi/supernatural series and horror movies. At the start, he is told he needs to kill off his gay characters on his show just as their love story is being developed. Misha is soon visited by terrifying fictional characters he has created over the years and must figure out what is happening and how to stop it.

The story is fast-paced and super fun. I really enjoyed the flashbacks to the narrator's childhood and how his adolescence formed his experience and profession as an adult. I liked the wild and unexpected directions the novel took. The violence is downright silly and gorey. Tingle creates such a vivid, cinematic universe in Bury Your Gays. I listened to the audiobook, which was phenomenally narrated by Andre Santana and famous contemporary sci-fi and horror authors!

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for providing this audiobook. All thoughts are my own.

This is my first Chuck Tingle book!! I never read any of his KU “Pounded in the butt by (blank)” books, which is very surprising of me because I love dumb KU books.

This book is FUN! Was it the best horror novel I’ve ever read? Did it have the most unique and complex social commentary I’ve ever read? No. But it was a very original and interesting idea that had me hooked the entire time!!

Basically, this book is about a Hollywood screenwriter who, after refusing to kill his queer characters in a show, starts getting followed and haunted by the monsters from his horror movies. The entire thing is a commentary on queer characters in media; it goes from the ‘bury your gays’ trope to the ‘always morally correct and sanitized queer characters’ trope.

I think the overall message of the book was a bit heavy-handed to me, which is why I didn’t give the book a full five-star. However, it is possible that it felt heavy-handed just to me because I’ve been seeing and thinking and talking about these tropes and media like that for YEARSS.

That being said!! I think the pacing was very good, and I really enjoyed the characters! At multiple moments, we get flashbacks to some big parts of the main character’s past that inform the decisions he makes in the present, and they were some of my favorite parts.

Highly recommend the audiobook of this!! There are some chapters with sound effects and other famous queer authors narrating too??

Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle and narrated by and assorted cast of great narrators one would think would be an awesome book to listen to in the first 40% was really good especially with all the weird and horrific things that happened from the cartoon coyote to the death of the producer even the smoking guy but unfortunately it kept losing my attention. I don’t know if it was because I wasn’t reading into the story what I was supposed to be getting because on spec it really looks like a book that would be right up my alley. I won’t lie when the main character was having the different perspectives I was lost but by the end I was back on board with the strange ending that was up for offer I do think some people are going to absolutely love this book I found the beginning awesome the middle man in the ending pretty good I don’t know if I would recommend it but I wouldn’t talk anyone out of reading it if they asked me my opinion. #NetGalley,#McMillan audio, #ChuckTingle, #BuryYourGays,