‘King-Miller’s finest work to date.’—New York Times
‘This Is My Body is simply one of the finest works of familial horror I have ever encountered. This book is hideously satisfying.’—Sarah Gailey, author of Just Like Home
A gripping, emotional, and darkly funny queer horror novel about family trauma and possession, for fans of Rachel Harrison and Catriona Ward.
Gay single mom Brigid always thought that cutting ties with her extremist Catholic family was the best thing she could have done for her daughter, Dylan—and for herself. But when Dylan starts having terrifying fits of unnatural violence, Brigid can’t shake her memories of a girl from her childhood who behaved the same way . . . until Brigid’s uncle, Father Angus, performed an exorcism.
Convinced that her daughter is suffering from demonic possession, Brigid does the thing she told herself she’d never do: she goes home. Father Angus is the worst person she knows, but he’s also the only person who can help her daughter.
But as Brigid starts to uncover secrets about Father Angus, that long-ago exorcism, and her family’s past, she realizes that she and Dylan have never been in more danger.
This Is My Body is a piercing journey into religious trauma and childhood shame, building towards a heart-pounding twisty climax that will spin your head all the way around.
‘The line between homage and pastiche is sharp and dangerous, but King-Miller walks it with grace in This Is My Body, a demonic possession story in the vein of The Exorcist.’—New York Times
Genre: Horror
‘This Is My Body is simply one of the finest works of familial horror I have ever encountered. This book is hideously satisfying.’—Sarah Gailey, author of Just Like Home
A gripping, emotional, and darkly funny queer horror novel about family trauma and possession, for fans of Rachel Harrison and Catriona Ward.
Gay single mom Brigid always thought that cutting ties with her extremist Catholic family was the best thing she could have done for her daughter, Dylan—and for herself. But when Dylan starts having terrifying fits of unnatural violence, Brigid can’t shake her memories of a girl from her childhood who behaved the same way . . . until Brigid’s uncle, Father Angus, performed an exorcism.
Convinced that her daughter is suffering from demonic possession, Brigid does the thing she told herself she’d never do: she goes home. Father Angus is the worst person she knows, but he’s also the only person who can help her daughter.
But as Brigid starts to uncover secrets about Father Angus, that long-ago exorcism, and her family’s past, she realizes that she and Dylan have never been in more danger.
This Is My Body is a piercing journey into religious trauma and childhood shame, building towards a heart-pounding twisty climax that will spin your head all the way around.
‘The line between homage and pastiche is sharp and dangerous, but King-Miller walks it with grace in This Is My Body, a demonic possession story in the vein of The Exorcist.’—New York Times
Genre: Horror
Praise for this book
"This Is My Body blends faith and body horror into a queer cosmic romp that would make any exorcist blush. In this fresh possession epic, a marriage made in hell between David Cronenberg and William Peter Blatty, Lindsay King-Miller discovers there are entire chasms left to be purified within the human soul." - Clay McLeod Chapman
"A brutal, brilliant story of motherhood, memory, and religion, deviously simple and terribly clever. King-Miller has become one of my must-read authors." - Gretchen Felker-Martin
"This Is My Body is simply one of the finest works of familial horror I have ever encountered. This book is hideously satisfying." - Sarah Gailey
"A necessary and unique possession tale, This Is My Body looks religious trauma and queerness straight in the eye. Intense and gory! A great exploration of the spectrum of belief, both worldly and otherworldly." - Jenny Kiefer
"Heart-wrenching, propulsive, and always scare-the-fuck-out-of-you terrifying, This Is My Body expertly charts the endless interiors of pain and trauma to uncover the raw, screaming humanity waiting deep within. Lindsay King-Miller's latest is a vicious, unrelenting tour de force that will rip your guts clean out and show them to you. An absolute triumph." - Matthew Lyons
"A cathartic tangle of love, rage, and religious trauma. . . . King-Miller explores the fraught dynamics of mothers and daughters, bodily autonomy, and generational curses in an inventive possession tale unlike any you've read." - Hailey Piper
"A brutal, brilliant story of motherhood, memory, and religion, deviously simple and terribly clever. King-Miller has become one of my must-read authors." - Gretchen Felker-Martin
"This Is My Body is simply one of the finest works of familial horror I have ever encountered. This book is hideously satisfying." - Sarah Gailey
"A necessary and unique possession tale, This Is My Body looks religious trauma and queerness straight in the eye. Intense and gory! A great exploration of the spectrum of belief, both worldly and otherworldly." - Jenny Kiefer
"Heart-wrenching, propulsive, and always scare-the-fuck-out-of-you terrifying, This Is My Body expertly charts the endless interiors of pain and trauma to uncover the raw, screaming humanity waiting deep within. Lindsay King-Miller's latest is a vicious, unrelenting tour de force that will rip your guts clean out and show them to you. An absolute triumph." - Matthew Lyons
"A cathartic tangle of love, rage, and religious trauma. . . . King-Miller explores the fraught dynamics of mothers and daughters, bodily autonomy, and generational curses in an inventive possession tale unlike any you've read." - Hailey Piper
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