Blood + Black Leather

by Bryan Michael Ellis

Love is love, until desire turns deadly...

In Mourning Hollow, the final week of June is a fever dream of neon and desire, but as Pride nears its climax, a brutal predator, known as Leather Daddy, emerges, turning the community into a nightmare.

Everett Cawthorne, a young dancer haunted by his past, soon discovers he's the primary target of a killer wearing a mask of his own creation—the Devil.

As the body count rises, the line between pleasure and pain is severed. Everett is locked in a pulse-pounding struggle to evade Leather Daddy's sadistic obsession and must confront his deepest fears to survive.

319 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 9, 2026

About the author

Bryan Michael Ellis grew up in New York and graduated from SUNY New Paltz with his BA in English because all he ever wanted to be was a writer. When he isn’t watching horror films, he creates stories inside his head and performs them with Legos, something he’s done since birth. Bryan loves horror films, often found quoting them and forcing his friends and family to watch them. As an openly gay male, he feels it is important to give a voice to people who are normally silent.

Reviews

[Chris]

I wanted to like this so much more than I did. It wasn't bad. It was good! I loved the overall theming and vibe and aesthetic of the story. The pacing was just wrong for me. It got a little slow in the middle and I felt it would drag. The ending rushed by though! When the killing started in the third act, I was all in. The scenes were done very well and I was captivated. The author has something special here and it can be the start of a wonderful career in the queer horror arena!

[Gino Alfonso]

Wow, what a “bloody brilliant” book! An extremely erotic gay horror slasher unlike anything I’ve ever read and what a PERFECT book for PRIDE MONTH! If you want something fun, steamy & bloody check out Blood + Black Leather

[Jamie Zaccaria]

A sexy NSFW slasher that is reminiscent of Halloween or I Know What You Did Last Summer but chock full of gay pride and gay boys!