Discover the dazzling new queer literary horror novel about chosen family and the risks it takes to become the person you want to be. The glittery punk offspring of Katherine Dunns Geek Love and Angela Carters Nights at the Circus. Chelsea G. Summers, author of A Certain Hunger A travelling funfair of seductive troublemakers arrive in a repressed Scottish town. What could possibly go wrong? Its the summer of 97 and the Scottish town of Pitlaw is itching for change. Enter the Freakslaw a travelling funfair populated by deviant queers, a contortionist witch, the most powerful fortune teller, and other architects of mayhem. It doesnt take long for the Freakslaw folk to infiltrate Pitlaws grey world, where the towns teenagers none more so than Ruth and Derek are seduced by neon charms and the possibility of escape. But beneath it all, these newcomers are harbouring a darker desire: revenge. And as tensions reach fever pitch between the stoic locals and the dazzling intruders, a violence thats been simmering for centuries is about to be unleashed Praise for Freakslaw: A wild, fun house of horrors whip smart, the sharpest writing, funny, visceral and filled with vengeance. I loved it! Rachelle Atalla, author of The Pharmacist Delightful, delirious and transgressive a queer punk masterpiece and we should all be so lucky to have our lives turned upside down by a visit to the Freakslaw. Leon Craig, author of Parallel Hells Wild, raunchy, brutal a madcap funhouse with heart. Liska Jacobs, author of The Pink Hotel Autorid: Jane Flett