Horror is having a moment, and femdom is a big part of it. But what is femme, and why is everyone else? Guardian To Cosmopolitan Talking about it? Let’s dive into this weird and wonderful horror subgenre, shall we?
Famegore is a subset of what Reddit would call “Weird Girl Literature.” But where Weird Girl shines is in speculative fiction with new weird leanings, like Mona Awad. rabbitFemagore places more emphasis on the visceral, the vile and the disturbing. Often, but not always, there is an element of physical fear. and usually, and perhaps the most important thingIt’s about women and girls who are pushed to the limits of violence – or who simply enjoy it.
In many ways, femgore is a response to decades of stereotypes, restrictive gender norms, diet culture, and good old-fashioned misogyny. These women aren’t just angry; They are angry. Many people, C.J. Like Leyde’s eponymous hero meow flyDon’t even know where his anger is coming from. Is this the thumb of patriarchy? Their lost jobs? Disappointing sex with men (a common female trope)? who’s to say. All we know is that it’s horrible to read, and we can’t get enough of it.
Check out the seven best women’s novels below.
Famegore Books to Devour
Bat Eater and other names of Cora Zeng By Kylie Lee Baker
Hungry Chinese ghosts and anti-Asian racism take center stage in this women’s novel Japanese Gothic Author Kylie Lee Baker. Her sister’s murder, a hate crime committed in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, has left crime scene cleanup Cora Zeng shaken. The killer is still on the loose when dead bats begin turning up at the crime scenes he was called in to clean up – the murders of other East Asian women. But Cora has other problems too… like a ghost that has just moved into her house.
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hunger By Choi Jin-young
Originally published in 2015, novel by Choi Jin-young hunger Has become a widespread cult classic. The story focuses on lovers Dam and Gu, whose circumstances have kept them apart. When Dam finds Gu’s body on the street, she takes it home to begin the process of cannibalizing her late lover. What follows is a complex portrait of grief, consumption and longing, told through Dam and Gu’s memories of their life together.
bed rot baby By Wendy Dalrymple
Wendy Dalrymple’s Sugar Baby heroine, known only as “Baby”, is living an aimless life in the early aughts. Art school didn’t give her the life she wanted, but neither does sex. When she becomes the victim of a violent crime, Baby goes to her bedside, only to discover that she is slowly breaking down. She must track down her attacker if she wants to lift the curse, but finding the mysterious woman who targeted her may be a daunting task in this body-horror romance.
Molka by Monica Kim
From the author of Famegor Classic eyes are the best part comes MolkaThe story of a woman whose life begins to fall apart when she and her lover are caught on an illegal camera. Left alone to face the storm of media attention, Dahai becomes the target of another camera operator: her co-worker, Junyoung. When he discovers who is behind the camera, Dahay’s mental health is already deteriorating, and he is left with only one option – bloody revenge.
meow fly By CJ Leede
Meow Fly works at an LA theme park you may have heard of, she plays a princess whose movies you’ve probably seen. Away from work, she is keeping her only living relative alive on hospice care. She doesn’t have the time or inclination for romance, no matter how attractive her best friend’s hockey-star brother is. But when Maeve discovers she may be alone in the world sooner than she thinks, she embarks on a violent path of murder, torture, and ultimate destruction.
brainworms By Alison Rumfitt
Frankie is in a self-destructive cycle. All the alcohol and kinky sex in the world can’t close the hole that an act of domestic terrorism has left in her life. Someone bombed the clinic where she worked – along with Frankie – but the culprit was never found. So when she meets Vanya, Frankie clings to her new lover like a lifeline. But Vanya is hiding something, and if Frankie can’t figure it out before it’s too late, it could cost her everything.
But won’t I miss me By Tiffany Tsao
In Vivi’s world, pregnant people undergo an act of reincarnation: possessing a copy of themselves during childbirth that will kill them and then take their place as parents of their new child. Everyone comes out stronger from rebirth. Everyone except University. Now divorced, she’s raising her son alone and trying to figure out what went wrong with his delivery – but is she ready to learn the truth?
Want to read more Femgore and Femgore-Lite? Check out this introduction to the weird grotesque genre and this list of horror about demonic women and girls.
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