Return to TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA with These Horror Books

Jane Schoenbrun’s latest movie, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, has horror fans and critics buzzing. I love the film’s tongue-in-cheek critique of the horror genre, slasher films, and the recent obsession with “elevated horror.” I love the sapphic romance, and I can’t get enough of the creepy, abandoned summer camp setting. It’s no surprise that with all of the buzz, we’re all looking for some way to take a trip back to Camp Miasma after we leave the cinema. While these three horror books might not star Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder, they are deliciously queer and set in creepy summer camps that will haunt your dreams. The Honeys by Ryan La SalaThe Aspen Conservancy is an exclusive summer academy that Mars never attended because of the camp’s rigid gender-role rules. But his twin sister Caroline loved her time there. Now Caroline has died under mysterious circumstances. Looking for answers, Mars takes his sister’s place at the camp and seeks out his sister’s friends, The Honeys. Mars is certain the Honeys had something to do with Caroline’s death, but the more time he spends at the Aspen Conservancy, the more he loses his grip on reality. Dead Girls Walking by Sami El...