Grotesque
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Pub Date Oct 13 2026 | Archive Date Nov 1 2026
Literary Press Group of Canada | Wolsak and Wynn Publishers
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Description
A darkly erotic fairy tale of death and redemption.
Bedhyndann is a small seaside town in Cornwall. A town that travellers feel uncomfortable in. A town where sailors often choose to stay on their ships rather than coming into port. A town where the golem Denvyth has lived for nearly two hundred years and where he has been waiting for his master, the sorcerer Arderne, to return for one hundred and fifty of those. To pass the time he amuses himself at the siren Victoire’s private club, helping the humans around him fulfill their most dangerous desires. Until he crosses paths with Summers, a client who wants more from Denvyth than he should and who has the clues to unlock the secret of Arderne’s disappearance. But Arderne sought to release an old god and once Denvyth follows his master’s last instructions and finishes the sorcerer’s spell, what he unleashes could make him the monster he’s always feared being and destroy the world.
A Note From the Publisher
Elliott Dunstan is a trans novelist, poet and historian based out of the Ottawa Valley. Author of several chapbooks and zines, including the long-form poem GULA, he also moonlights as a drag performer and visual artist. Grotesque is his first full-length novel.
Advance Praise
“Grotesque is, at its core, a novel about the search for identity, acceptance, and community, nestled within an epochal gothic rendering of gods and monsters, steeped in sex and violence (and, particularly, where those elements overlap), at once beautiful and hideous.” – Robert Wiersma, Quill & Quire starred review
"Grotesque is a beautifully crafted, gender fluid tale of outcasts and arcane power, old gods and hidden tunnels, monstrous inhumanity and startling tenderness." – K.R. Wilson, author of Call Me Stan
“Unsettling yet lush, a delicate approach to the inhuman that brings you closer with each page to kinship with that which is monstrous.” – Ben Berman Ghan, author of The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits and The Library Cosmic
Marketing Plan
-Promotional support from River Street Writing
-Launches in Ottawa and Toronto
-Festival appearances
-Social media push with online interviews, blog posts, Instagram and Facebook outreach, and social media giveaways
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781998408535 |
| PRICE | CA$24.00 (CAD) |
| PAGES | 252 |