We Came to Welcome You

Sol Reyes and her wife Alice Song move into Maneless Grove, a glossy gated community whose neighborly smiles hide something corrosive. What begins as petty microaggressions and a pushy homeowners association slowly unravels into a creeping dread as doors and staircases disappear and roots push through the floor. When Sol discovers a missing resident's journal, the house reveals a thin, deadly price for fitting in and she must confront both the uncanny forces at work and the very real social pressures to blend in. Part psychological horror and part social satire, this propulsive debut asks whether survival that costs your true self is worth the bargain.

~ Included for its sharp interrogation of assimilation, ownership, and the queer costs of making a place your own, and for centering a flawed but fierce queer couple amid supernatural dread ~