Glowrot

Glowrot is a queer psychological horror novel by Venezuelan author Beatrice Lebrun, built on a twisted retelling of Alice in Wonderland. The story asks what would happen if Wonderland were a parasite that fed on desire. Bo is a bisexual Latina who wakes every night from the same dream: a pulsing nightclub with melting walls, no exit, and the lingering taste of someone she has never met. By day, a shadow that only she can see claws at her mind and insists she is slipping again. It tells her the dream is fake and that she should forget Them and concentrate only on Him. For the first time, Bo believes the shadow is wrong. She sets out to find the club again, and to find Them, even if They do not know yet that they belong together. Her search for someone who does not want to be found pulls her into obsession, dissociation and a surreal nightclub that may not exist. The book deals with found family gone wrong, toxic longing and liminal spaces, and it features nonbinary representation at its center.