queer horror
obsessive love stories
emotionally unsafe fiction
E.M. Rapp
where love and horror become the same thing
• popular choice •
The Mourning Game
Our Grave Games 1
how do you survive
the person you've coveted your whole life?
• about the author •
E.M. Rapp writes obsessive, violent love stories where the men are sharp and someone usually bleeds.
They write queer horror and fiction with teeth—blending intimacy, grief, and gore with the firm belief that everyone deserves a happy ending.When not torturing their characters, they can usually be found building symphonic metal playlists, redesigning things for the fourth time, or trying to convince themselves social media isn't cursed.
• upcoming releases •
October 18, 2026
Fall/Winter 2026
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The Mourning Game
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The Mourning Throne
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Stop and Seek
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Before the Mourning
Books
Obsession looks different on everyone it touches.
Stranger Danger
Dark MM College Novella
What happens when serial killers fall in love?
Ira wants to be seen for who he is. Beckett wants someone to appreciate his art.
Turns out, their perfect match is their roommate.
Dual POV, 1st person, serial killer x serial killer, pitch-black rom-com
Our Grave Games 0
Before the Mourning
Dark Novella
How do you make someone love you?
Lex always wanted a big family. When his mother announces they're moving in with her wealthy boyfriend and his son, Lex couldn't be happier.
Dual POV, 3rd person, psychological horror
Our Grave Games 1
The Mourning Game
Dark horromance
How do you survive the person you've coveted
your whole life?
Lex has been trying to outrun his past for years, but after his stepfather passes, he doesn't have a choice.
Dual POV, 1st person, taboo relationship, sadist x voyeur, slow burn, hfn
Our Grave Games 2
The Mourning Throne
Pitch-black horromance
How do you keep a secret when your life has fundamentally changed?
Morgan always thought he was the biggest monster in the room. Now, he realizes Lex is a
different kind of threat.
Dual POV, 3rd person, Taboo relationship, sadist x voyeur, kidnapping,
high heat, hea
Our Childish Games 1
Stop and Seek
Dark Romance
What happens when someone sees you at your worst and worships the ground you walk on anyway?
Theo's desperate to escape reality any way he can, but Noah is determined to keep him there—whether Theo wants him to or not.
Dual POV, 3rd person, Unhinged Grumpy x Psycho Sunshine,
touch him and die, high heat, hfn
Heir to Blood
Dark Fantasy
How do you survive when you're not strong enough?
Aurick never wanted to leave behind the royal life he'd always known. And once he gets to the Academy, he uncovers secrets that should've stayed buried forever.
Single POV, 1st person, coming of age, found family, dark academia, hea
Our Grave Games 1
The Mourning Game
How do you survive the person you've coveted your whole life?
synopsis
Lex had never planned on coming back. He’d escaped his family’s estate four years earlier, determined to put as much distance as possible between himself and Morgan. His childhood fixation on his stepbrother wasn’t exactly something he wanted to bring up at a party—especially after witnessing the monster Morgan became in the woods.When Morgan learned of his father’s death, he wrote it off as an inconvenience to handle—another task to check off before returning to the monotony of his real life. But discovering that the money tied to the estate and business wouldn’t simply be handed over? That he’d have to work with Lex for six months due to some ridiculous clause in his father’s will? That was the final insult.For Lex, it became a battle to survive Morgan’s sadism and the dark pull of his own obsession. For Morgan, breaking Lex was both pleasure and promise—pawns existed to be sacrificed, after all.But the line between destruction and control is razor-thin. And as their twisted game spirals into something far more dangerous, every move threatens to destroy not just each other, but what’s left of their sanity.
In the end, the question isn’t who will win—it’s who will survive intact.
themes
Obsession
Control
Toxic Games
Power & Survival
Taboo Relationship
vibes
Slow Burn
Serial Killer
Voyeuristic
Darker than Romance
Lighter than Horror
content warning
This book contains dark themes and scenes that may be triggering to sensitive readers.
"A tantalizing and twisted game of depravity. Morgan's mind will leave your breathless. Lex will leave you wondering. Both have such darkness it's hard to find your way."
— Goodreads review
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Our Grave Games 2
The Mourning Throne
How do you keep a secret when your life has fundamentally changed?
synopsis
Morgan Delacroix and Lex Whitlock have built their kingdom on secrets.Their consultancy firm is polished, pristine—untouchable on paper.
Behind closed doors, their appetites run far darker.A business merger takes them to London: long meetings, tight schedules… and just enough time for a little bloodshed on the side.Then comes Ollie.
Soft. Sweet. Fragile. In the wrong place at the worst possible time.To Morgan, he’s a distraction at best—something to keep Lex occupied. A teachable moment.
To Lex, he’s an experiment. A way to feel truly in control for the first time in his life.But Ollie doesn’t belong to them.
And the people who want him back don’t play by the same rules.
They never meant to start a war.
But they’ve never played a game they couldn’t win.
themes
Aftercare as a Love Language
Mentorship in Murder
Toxic Codependency
Taboo Relationship
vibes
High Heat
Serial Killer
Voyeuristic
Killing Together as Intimacy
Pitch-Black Horror Romance
content warning
This book contains dark themes and scenes that may be triggering to sensitive readers.
"I devoured this. These two are so dark and twisted yet I love them. They had me all over the place with emotions and stressed even. "
— Goodreads review
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Our Grave Games 0
Before
the
Mourning
How do you make someone love you?
synopsis
Before the blood.
Before the woods.
There were two boys who wanted more than life could give.Lex Whitlock has always wanted a family he could belong to. So when his mother announces they’re moving in with her wealthy boyfriend and his son, Lex couldn’t be happier.But the big brother he imagined isn’t the one waiting across the hall.Morgan Delacroix never wanted the perfect world his father built around him. Beneath the polished grades and practiced restraint lives something restless and starving in a world built entirely on performance.Then Lex enters his life loud, emotional, and impossible to ignore.What begins as curiosity slowly twists into obsession. Whispered conversations. Ballet performances beneath stage lights. Footsteps disappearing into the woods after midnight. And the horrifying realization that being understood by the wrong person can feel holier than being loved by anyone else.
Because sometimes someone else’s madness becomes
your only comfort.
themes
Coming of Age
Blended Family
Obsessive Fixation
Tragedy Disguised as Comfort
No HEA/HFN
vibes
Black Cat/Feral Raccoon Dynamic
Midwestern Nostalgia
"I Can Fix Him"
Loneliness and Risk
content warning
This book contains dark themes and scenes that may be triggering to sensitive readers.
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Our Childish Games 1
Stop
and
Seek
What happens when someone sees you at your worst and worships the ground you walk on anyway?
synopsis
Theo has mastered the art of hiding.By day, he’s a quiet librarian, surviving on caffeine and carefully curated distance. By night, he’s chasing anything that drowns out the past—cheap thrills, worse decisions, and hookups he never plans to remember. That guy in the bathroom? Just another Friday night mistake.But Noah doesn’t believe in coincidence.He believes in fate. Especially after it drops Theo into his arms twice—first against the bathroom wall, then during Stop and Seek. Now he’s convinced they’re meant to be.Theo didn’t ask for this. Not the reunion. Not the game. Not the sharp pull toward someone he never spoke to in high school. Now he can’t seem to stop thinking about him.And when the shadows from Theo’s past start crawling back to the surface, Noah’s the only one willing to keep him safe—no matter the cost.
Even if protecting Theo means dragging them both past the point of no return.
themes
Vengeance as Love
Hurt/Comfort
Mental Illness Heavy
Predatory Social Media
vibes
High Heat
Hidden Cameras
Protective Stalker
Dark(er) Romance
content warning
This book contains extremely delicate themes and dark scenes that may be triggering to sensitive readers.
"Theo is like a grumpy kitten that does not cope well. He meets Noah and didn’t know that Noah becomes OBSESSED!!"
— Amazon review
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Stranger
Danger
What happens when serial killers fall in love?
synopsis
BECKETTI never expected to be exchanging Polaroids with another serial killer in our tiny town.Especially after the Neon Menace ruined the kill I’d planned for four weeks with fifty knives and zero consideration for composition or subtlety.But I can’t stop thinking about him.
IRAI never expected to find someone who actually gets the real me, not the “Crowd” Ira I force out of the box at my frat.Especially someone who leaves me Polaroids and uses a black Sharpie.I don’t know his name. I don’t know what he looks like.But we’re basically soul mates.He just hasn’t figured that out yet.
The problem?
My pen pal is my roommate.
themes
Serial Killer Protags
"I'll choose you every time"
Bi-Awakening
College Clubs + Frats
vibes
Double Masked Killer
Dark Humor
Dark(er) Romance
Scream meets You've Got Mail
content warning
This book contains dark scenes that may be triggering to sensitive readers.
