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Camp Damascus

by Chuck Tingle Publisher: TOR BOOKS

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A conversion camp’s unsettling secret

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Awards & Recognition

  • Award recognition

    Bram Stoker Award nominee

    Bram Stoker Award nominee.

  • Bestseller

    Instant USA Today bestseller

    Source describes Camp Damascus as an instant USA Today bestseller.

  • Editorial selection

    Vulture Best Book of 2023

    Named a Best Book of 2023 by Vulture.

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A conversion camp’s unsettling secret

Set in the mountain community of Neverton, Montana, Camp Damascus brings supernatural horror to a story about a self-proclaimed highly effective gay conversion camp and the secret behind its reputation. The setup connects occult menace with the pressures of a God-fearing community, examining secrecy, the harm faced by queer people, and the courage to resist. Chuck Tingle’s novel is presented as an adult horror story with a contemporary social focus.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adult readers interested in occult and supernatural horror.
  • Readers seeking horror that addresses queer experiences and conversion camps.
  • Those drawn to stories about secrecy, religious community, and resistance.

Themes

Queer experience and conversion campsSecrecy and resistanceReligious communityOccult and supernatural horror

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Book overview

INSTANT USA TODAY & INDIE BESTSELLER
A Best Book of 2023 (Vulture) and a Best Horror Book of 2023 (Esquire, Library Journal) - A Bram Stoker Award Nominee and CALIBA Golden Poppy Award finalist!

Chuck Tingle's debut, Camp Damascus, is a searing and earnest horror debut about the demons the queer community faces in America, the price of keeping secrets, and finding the courage to burn it all down.

Welcome to Neverton, Montana: home to a God-fearing community with a heart of gold.

Nestled high up in the mountains is Camp Damascus, the self-proclaimed "most effective" gay conversion camp in the country. Here, a life free from sin awaits. But the secret behind that success is anything but holy.

And they'll scare you straight to hell.

Also by Chuck Tingle:
Lucky Day
Bury Your Gays
Straight

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