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Camp Damascus

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A Best Book of 2023 (Vulture) and a Best Horror Book of 2023 (Esquire, Library Journal) • A Bram Stoker Award Nominee and CALIBA Golden Poppy Award finalist!

Chuck Tingle's debut, Camp Damascus, is a searing and earnest horror debut about the demons the queer community faces in America, the price of keeping secrets, and finding the courage to burn it all down.

Welcome to Neverton, Montana: home to a God-fearing community with a heart of gold.

Nestled high up in the mountains is Camp Damascus, the self-proclaimed “most effective” gay conversion camp in the country. Here, a life free from sin awaits. But the secret behind that success is anything but holy.

And they’ll scare you straight to hell.

Also by Chuck Tingle:
Lucky Day
Bury Your Gays
Straight

Pages: 256

ISBN: 9781250874627

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Matt D.

Feb 8, 2026

Rose thinks she’s living the perfect life, but then she starts to see a figure following her. As she begins to piece together her story, she soon realizes that the church isn’t always there for the good of everyone. All roads lead to Camp Damascus - a gay conversion therapy camp run by the local church. Rose list uncover the dark truths held in the camp saga understand what she’s really been through.