
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.
"Fantastic. Camp Damascus is seriously good." --Jenny Lawson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Furiously Happy
"A genuinely terrifying nightmare - but it ain't the monsters you gotta be afraid of. Chuck Tingle is absolutely the best guide through this level of Hell." --N.K. Jemisin, New York Times bestselling author "It's a bighearted, chilling ride that proves the author's mantra over and over: Love is, indeed, real." --Vulture "This book is highly entertaining, cinematic, and filled with monsters, both human and supernatural, all of which will lure horror fans to its pages, but what holds it all together is the immense love at the heart of the novel." --Library Journal (STARRED review) "A timely, authentically chilling story." --Booklist (STARRED review) "Chuck Tingle continues to surprise and thrill. Camp Damascus is terrifying, darkly funny, and engagingly humane." --John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author "Camp Damascus is a queer horror novel that unpacks the cruelty of conversion camps and that particular brand of religious fervor that actively harms people who are different under the guise of godliness....It is genuinely horrifying.... It is also beautiful and affirming." --Tor.com "Camp Damascus feels like a fantastic debut, and a subtle reinvention, and a proper evolution, all at once....a genuinely great horror story." --BoingBoing "This chilling page-turner should win Tingle a slew of new fans." --Publishers Weekly "Camp Damascus is as joyous as it is upsetting. It's a Queer horror novel that neither shies away from the pain of prejudice nor downplays the victory of self-acceptance."--Esquire "Camp Damascus is a very entertaining narrative about burning demons, friendship, and the power of love. ...It makes a statement that's hard to deny: Chuck Tingle can write, and he's here to stay."--Gabino Iglesias, Locus "A joyful, furious romp through dark places, Tingle proves he's as good at fear as he is at love." --T. Kingfisher, bestselling author of What Moves the Dead "Camp Damascus is a hell of a ride. Tingle is right at home in the horror genre - he delivers all the thrills of a slasher while exploring the deep wounds that can be inflicted by broken systems. This book is worth your time." --Sarah Gailey, author of Just Like Home "Jaw-dropping...both frightening and utterly cathartic. A queer nightmare of demonic proportions!" --Mark Oshiro, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anger is a Gift "This book is for anyone who thought they were going to hell for being themselves. Chuck Tingle takes that fear and weaves it into a seamless horror that will keep you up at night. Camp Damascus is a big hug to all of us who had to fight to find each other." --J.R. Dawson, author of The First Bright Thing