Freakslaw - Jane Flett

A travelling funfair of seductive troublemakers arrive in a repressed Scottish town.

What could possibly go wrong?

It’s 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 doesn’t take long for the Freakslaw folk to infiltrate Pitlaw’s grey world, where the town’s 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 that’s been simmering for centuries is about to be unleashed…

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Discover the dazzling new queer literary horror novel about chosen family and the risks it takes to become the person you want to be.

Praise for Freakslaw:

‘‘The glittery punk offspring of Katherine Dunn’s Geek Love and Angela Carter’s Nights at the Circus.’ - Chelsea G. Summers, author of A Certain Hunger

'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