“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
July 21, 2026
224 Pages (Paperback)
TBA Words
9798897320370 (Paperback)
9798897320387 (eBook)
$17.99 (Paperback)
$TBA (eBook)
A collection of standalone sapphic horror short stories, a quadrilogy of connected stories, and an interactive pick-a-path novelette from author Rae Wilde.
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Finally back in print, this edition includes a brand-new bonus story, previously unpublished.
“Rae Wilde’s horror fiction isn’t simply feminist. It’s formidable, fantastical, and unapologetically forceful: so much so that you simply won’t be able to look away.”
–Rebecca Rowland, Bram Stoker Award nominated editor and author of White Trash and Recycled Nightmares
“A beautifully grotesque and delightfully original collection of stories celebrating feminine rage and horrifying choices! Rae Wilde writes stories that leave you with a secret smile as you whisper, ‘That a girl’, under your breath.”
–Tanya Pell, author of Cicada and Her Wicked Roots
“I Do Not Apologize for My Position on Men is filled with tales of disparate survival, struggle, and vengeance told through unexpected and beautiful prose. A perfect read for those searching for stories of separation and addiction, desire and disaster, rage, release, and revival, and the pleasure of erotic deaths.”
–Ai Jiang, Bram Stoker and Nebula award-winning author of Linghun
Rae Wilde (she/her) is a queer woman and author of dark fiction. Under the name Rae Knowles, she has published numerous works including The Stradivarius (May 2023) and Merciless Waters (November 2023). Her short fiction has been featured in Dark Matter Ink, Nightmare, Ghoulish Tales, Seize the Press, Taco Bell Quarterly, and Nosetouch Press, among others.
