Brain Dead Gorgeous

by Stuart Wakefield

Prom night shouldn’t end in heartbreak, humiliation… or whatever this is.

Jack has survived high school by staying quiet, staying low, and staying invisible, especially around Greg, the golden boy who’s always been too close for comfort.

So when Greg pulls him into the shadows at prom and something almost happens, Jack dares to believe this night might change everything.

Then the music shifts, the crowd turns feral, and the world tears itself apart.

Now, with secrets clawing their way under his skin, Jack has to figure out what he’s becoming and whether he can hold on long enough to survive it.

Darkly funny, bloody, and unexpectedly tender, Brain Dead Gorgeous is the first volume in Better Off Fed, a queer horror-comedy series where falling in love might be scarier than the apocalypse.

96 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 25, 2025

About the author

Stuart is an author and book coach who writes about men who love men. He has been published by Dreamspinner Press and Vine Leaves Press, and his latest novel, Behind the Seams, was a BookLife Prize Fiction Contest Semifinalist.

Stuart holds an MA in Professional Writing and lives in the UK with his husband, pets and too many action figures for a man his age.