"When Your Character Confesses to Murder," Chatting About Kelly Ford's "Real Bad Things" (Writing a Queer Southern Suspense Novel)

Ivory Tower Boiler Room · Jan 16, 2023 · 1h

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Andrew first learned about Kelly J. Ford's gripping queer Southern suspense literature from author P.J. Vernon, who we interviewed last year about his queer thriller "Bath Haus." When Andrew opened up Kelly's "Real Bad Things" and discovered that the novel begins with the main character confessing to murder, but isn't punished for it, he knew this was going to be a wild ride. As P.J. Vernon says about Kelly's novel, it's "gothic suspense at its most…